Nations in two comparable groups.

Mid-African Countries (MACs): Eastern Africa: Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, S. Sudan, Uganda, U.R. Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Middle Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, D.R. Congo, Gabon; North Africa: Sudan; Western Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Other Developing Countries (ODCs): Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia; Southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland; Eastern Asia: R. Korea, Mongolia; Central Asia: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; Southern Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; S.E. Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam; Western Asia: Azerbaijan, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syria, Turkey, U.A. Emirates, Yemen; Southern Europe: Albania; Caribbean: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica; Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama; South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela; Melanesia: Papua New Guinea. The base map is from Natural Earth and is in the public domain under a Creative Commons license.