Alfred Sauvy

Alfred Sauvy
Alfred Sauvy in 1983.
Born(1898-10-31)31 October 1898
Villeneuve-de-la-Raho Edit this on Wikidata
Died30 October 1990(1990-10-30) (aged 91)
Paris, France
Resting placeMontalba-le-Château Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationProfessor Edit this on Wikidata
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Alfred Sauvy (31 October 1898 – 30 October 1990)[1] was a demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy. Sauvy coined the term Third World ("Tiers Monde") in reference to countries that were unaligned with either the Western bloc or the Eastern bloc during the Cold War.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Alfred Sauvy, Expert On Demographics, 92". The New York Times. 1 November 1990. p. D 24. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ Leonard, Thomas M. (2006). "Third World". Encyclopedia of the Developing World. Vol. 3. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1542–3. ISBN 0-87073-943-3. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  3. ^ "Three Worlds Model". University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2019-04-23.

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