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 | Romania |
| Armenia | Haiti | Russian Federation |
| Azerbaijan | Honduras | Rwanda |
| Bangladesh | India | Samoa |
| Belarus | Indonesia | São Tomé and Príncipe |
| Belize | **Iran, Islamic Republic | Senegal |
| Benin | Iraq | Serbia |
| Bhutan | Jamaica | Sierra Leone |
| Bolivia | Jordan | Solomon Islands |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Kazakhstan | Somalia |
| Botswana | Kenya | South Africa |
| Brazil | Kiribati | South Sudan |
| Bulgaria | Korea, Democratic Republic | Sri Lanka |
| Burkina Faso | Kosovo | St. Lucia |
| Burundi | Kyrgyz Republic | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Cambodia | Lao PDR | Sudan |
| Cameroon | Lebanon | Suriname |
| Cape Verde | Lesotho | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Central African Republic | Liberia | Takijikistan |
| Chad | Libya | Tanzania |
| *China, People’s Republic | Madagascar | Thailand |
| Colombia | Malawi | Timore-Leste |
| Comoros | Malaysia | Togo |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | Maldives | Tonga |
| Congo, Republic | Mali | Tunisia |
| Costa Rica | Marshall Islands | Turkey |
| Cote d’Ivoire | Mauritania | Turkmenistan |
| Cuba | Mauritius | Tuvalu |
| Djibouti | Mexico | Uganda |
| Dominica | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Ukraine |
| Dominican Republic | Moldova | Uzbekistan |
| Ecuador | Mongolia | Vanuatu |
| Egypt, Arab Republic | Montenegro | Venezuela, RB |
| El Salvador | Morocco | Vietnam |
| Equatorial Guinea | Mozambique | West Bank and Gaza |
| Eritrea | Myanmar | Yemen, Rep. |
| Eswatini | Namibia | Zambia |
| Ethiopia | Nepal | Zimbabwe |
| 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 and is thus unable to accept members from China.
**Due to the international financial sanction, the ASL cannot accept payments from people based in Iran.