GLOBAL DIVIDE

GLOBALIZATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

 GLOBAL DIVIDE
-Connotes the disparities in income and living conditions
between the advanced industrialized states and
developing states
THE DIVISION OFGLOBAL NORTH AND SOUTH
Global North (First World) generally refers to the
richer and more developed countries like the
United States, France, United Kingdom,
Canada, New Zealand, and Australia among
others. The term Global South, on the other
hand, refers to developing countries like African
Countries, Latin America, Russia and The
People's Republic of China (Odeh, 2010).
CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL DIVIDE
The concept of Global Divide has been closely linked with
the concept of development. Whether the state belongs
to the north or south. Often times, development is
equated with growth of the economy over a certain
period. THE World Bank compares the level of ranks by
their average income per person also known as GDP
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
This measure of income is useful
way for comparing levels of
development. It provides the
widely used measure of how
countries are improving based
on this development aspect
INCOME INEQUALITY
-It is the measure of how the
wealth in the economy is
distributed among the
population.

-It’s importance is to tell the

condition of the society
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
THIS INDEX MEASURES COUNTRIE’S ACHIEVEMNETS IN
TERMS OF:

A Long and healthy life, measured by life expectancy at

birth
01
Knowledge, measured by adult literacy rate and the
02 combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrollment
ratio.

A decent standard of living, measured by GDP per capita in

03 purchasing power parity (PPP) (in US dollars)
POVERTY
Is the extremely low level of income

Absolute poverty
Refers to income below the minimum level require for
physical survival
Moderate poverty
Is typically an income of 2 US dollars per day, a level at which basic
needs are barely met but survival is not actually threatened
POVERTY
Is the extremely low level of income

Absolute poverty
Refers to income below the minimum level require for
physical survival
Moderate poverty
Is typically an income of 2 US dollars per day, a level at which basic
needs are barely met but survival is not actually threatened
 COMPETING PERSPECTIVE ON GLOBAL DIVIDE

Modernization Theory Dependency Theory

argues that societies undergo Argues that the root cause of poverty
stages of growth and move from and underdevelopment is imperialism
being a traditional society to a modern as well as the dependency of poor
one nations on the rich countries
 MODERNIZATION THEORY
STATES

Traditional Poor Countries

attitude must be must follow the
abolished. path of the rich
ones.

Traditionalism
Modernization Modernization
 DEPENDENCY THEORY Stage 5 :
Drive to High
mass
Consumption
Stage 4 :
Stage 3 : Drive to
Stage 2 : Take-off Maturity
Transitional
Stage 1 : Society.
Traditional
society.
 COMPETING PERSPECTIVE ON GLOBAL DEVIDE

Neo-liberal Theory World System Theory

Comes from neo-classical economics,
combines arguments supportive of
free market with scientifically inclined
school of economics.
The argument of dependency thinkers
that the cause of underdevelopment
and poverty is external intervention
continues in world system theory.
GLOBALIZATION
AND THE
GLOBAL SOUTH Walden Bello, a Filipino political
economist, argues that the new
globalizing structure does not
eliminate the traditional geopolitics of
power between rich and poor states.
The income gap between the rich and
poor countries continue to grow, and
even within a state, same patterns are
at play between social classes