The ASL offers reduced dues for individual and institutional members in developing economies. This program applies to members residing in countries whose economies are classified as ‘upper middle income’ or below on the World Bank’s annual list for four of the preceding five years.
Upper Middle Income and Below
| Afghanistan | Ghana | Pakistan |
| Albania | Grenada | Papa New Guinea |
| Algeria | Guatemala | Paraguay |
| American Samoa | Guinea | Peru |
| Angola | Guinea-Bissau | Philippines |
| Argentina | Guyana | Russian Federation |
| Armenia | Haiti | Rwanda |
| Azerbaijan | Honduras | Samoa |
| Bangladesh | India | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Belarus | Indonesia | Senegal |
| Belize | **Iran, Islamic Republic | Serbia |
| Benin | Iraq | Sierra Leone |
| Bhutan | Jamaica | Solomon Islands |
| Bolivia | Jordan | Somalia |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kazakhstan | South Africa |
| Botswana | Kenya | South Sudan |
| Brazil | Kiribati | Sri Lanka |
| Bulgaria | Korea, Democratic Republic | St. Lucia |
| Burkina Faso | Kosovo | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Burundi | Kyrgyz Republic | Sudan |
| Cambodia | Lao PDR | Suriname |
| Cameroon | Lebanon | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Cape Verde | Lesotho | Takijikistan |
| Central African Republic | Liberia | Tanzania |
| Chad | Libya | Thailand |
| *China, People’s Republic | Madagascar | Timore-Leste |
| Colombia | Malawi | Togo |
| Comoros | Malaysia | Tonga |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | Maldives | Tunisia |
| Congo, Republic | Mali | Turkey |
| Costa Rica | Marshall Islands | Turkmenistan |
| Cote d’Ivoire | Mauritania | Tuvalu |
| Cuba | Mauritius | Uganda |
| Djibouti | Mexico | Ukraine |
| Dominica | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Uzbekistan |
| Dominican Republic | Moldova | Vanuatu |
| Ecuador | Mongolia | Venezuela, RB |
| Egypt, Arab Republic | Montenegro | Vietnam |
| El Salvador | Morocco | West Bank and Gaza |
| Equatorial Guinea | Mozambique | Yemen, Rep. |
| Eritrea | Myanmar | Zambia |
| Eswatini | Namibia | Zimbabwe |
| Ethiopia | Nepal | |
| Fiji | Nicaragua | |
| Gabon | Niger | |
| Gambia, The | Nigeria | |
| Georgia | North Macedonia |
*Due to PRC law, the ASL cannot ship journals and/or other content to people in China. All journal access will be online.
**Due to the international financial sanction, the ASL cannot accept payments from people based in Iran.