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    Global Divides: The North and The South: Week 7

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    The document summarizes the global divide between the Northern and Southern regions of the world. The Northern region, also called the Global North, includes highly industrialized countries like the US, Canada, Europe, and East Asia. It makes up 25% of the world's population but controls 80% of global income. The Southern region, or Global South, includes Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia and is generally less developed with 75% of the population and only 20% of global income. Key differences between the two regions include levels of development, income, access to resources, and economic structures.

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    The document summarizes the global divide between the Northern and Southern regions of the world. The Northern region, also called the Global North, includes highly industrialized countries like the US, Canada, Europe, and East Asia. It makes up 25% of the world's population but controls 80% of global income. The Southern region, or Global South, includes Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia and is generally less developed with 75% of the population and only 20% of global income. Key differences between the two regions include levels of development, income, access to resources, and economic structures.

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    The document summarizes the global divide between the Northern and Southern regions of the world. The Northern region, also called the Global North, includes highly industrialized countries like the US, Canada, Europe, and East Asia. It makes up 25% of the world's population but controls 80% of global income. The Southern region, or Global South, includes Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia and is generally less developed with 75% of the population and only 20% of global income. Key differences between the two regions include levels of development, income, access to resources, and economic structures.

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    GLOBAL DIVIDES:

    THE NORTH AND THE


    SOUTH WEEK
    7
    THE NORTH

     
    THE SOUTH

     
    THE NORTH–SOUTH DIVIDE IS
    BROADLY CONSIDERED A
    SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND
    POLITICAL DIVIDE.
    The GLOBAL DIVIDE describes
    the global disparities, primarily
    between developed and
    developing countries
    GLOBAL NORTH 
    INCLUDES THE UNITED
    STATE, CANADA, EUROPE, ISRAE
    L, JAPAN, SINGAPORE SOUTH
    KOREA, TAIWAN AS WELL
    AS AUSTRILIA AND NEW
    ZEALAND.
    GLOBAL NO RTH

    THE NORTH MOSTLY COVERS THE WEST AND


    THE FIRST WORLD, ALONG WITH MUCH OF
    THE SECOND WORLD. THE NORTH MAY BE
    DEFINED AS THE RICHER, MORE DEVELOPED
    REGION.
    IN ECONOMIC TERMS, THE NORTH—WITH ONE
    QUARTER OF THE WORLD POPULATION—
    CONTROLS FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE INCOME
    EARNED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 90% OF
    THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES ARE OWNED
    BY AND LOCATED IN THE NORTH.
    THE NORTH IS HOME TO ALL
    THE MEMBERS OF THE G8 

    WHAT IS
    G8
    THE GROUP OF EIGHT (G8)
    REFERS TO THE GROUP OF EIGHT
    HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS
    —FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, THE
    UNITED KINGDOM, JAPAN, THE
    UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND
    RUSSIA.
    HOLDS AN ANNUAL
    MEETING TO FOSTER
    CONSENSUS ON
    GLOBAL ISSUES LIKE
    ECONOMIC GROWTH
    AND CRISIS
    M A N A G E M E N T,
    G L O B A L S E C U R I T Y,
    E N E R G Y, A N D
    TERRORISM.
    GLOBAL SOUTH

    THE GLOB A L
    SOUTH I S MA D E UP
    OF AF RI C A , L ATIN
    AMERI C A , A ND
    DEVELOPI NG A SIA
    INCLUDI NG THE
    MID D LE EA ST.
    THE SOUTH LARGELY
    CORRESPONDS WITH
    THE THIRD WORLD. THE
    SOUTH AS THE POORER,
    LESS DEVELOPED REGION,
    MANY MORE FACTORS
    DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO
    GLOBAL AREAS.
    GLOBAL SOUTH "LACKS
    APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, IT HAS
    NO POLITICAL STABILITY, THE
    ECONOMIES ARE DISARTICULATED,
    AND THEIR FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    EARNINGS DEPEND ON PRIMARY
    PRODUCT EXPORTS.
    INVERSELY, THE
    SOUTH—WITH THREE
    QUARTERS OF THE
    WORLD POPULATION
    —HAS ACCESS TO
    ONE-FIFTH OF THE
    WORLD INCOME.
    BRANDT LINE
    1 9 8 0 - B R A N D T L I N E WA S
    D E V E L O P E D A S A W AY O F
    S H O W I N G H O W H E W O R L D WA S
    G E O G R A P H I C A L LY S P L I T I N T O
    R E L AT I V E LY R I C H E R A N D
    P O O R E R N AT I O N S .
    GLOBAL NORTH

    High GNP
    Low birth rates and low death rates
    High level of literacy
    Export mainly manufactured goods
    Have access to safe water and sanitation
    GLOBAL SOUTH

    Low GNP
    High birth rates and falling death rates
    Low level of literacy
    Limited access to safe water and sanitation
    According to this model:
     Richer countries are almost all
    located in the northern
    hemisphere with the exception
    of Australia and New Zealand.
     Poorer countries are mostly
    located in tropical regions and
    in the southern hemisphere.
    THANK YOU
    !!!

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