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    The document discusses the global divides between the North and South. The North, also known as the Global North, generally includes wealthy, developed countries like those in Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. It has high levels of development in areas like life expectancy, education, and technology. The South, also known as the developing world or Global South, includes poorer regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. It faces challenges like poverty, disease, and lack of infrastructure. The terms First, Second, and Third World emerged during the Cold War to categorize countries based on their economic development and political alignment.

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    The document discusses the global divides between the North and South. The North, also known as the Global North, generally includes wealthy, developed countries like those in Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. It has high levels of development in areas like life expectancy, education, and technology. The South, also known as the developing world or Global South, includes poorer regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. It faces challenges like poverty, disease, and lack of infrastructure. The terms First, Second, and Third World emerged during the Cold War to categorize countries based on their economic development and political alignment.

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    The document discusses the global divides between the North and South. The North, also known as the Global North, generally includes wealthy, developed countries like those in Europe, North America, and parts of Asia. It has high levels of development in areas like life expectancy, education, and technology. The South, also known as the developing world or Global South, includes poorer regions in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. It faces challenges like poverty, disease, and lack of infrastructure. The terms First, Second, and Third World emerged during the Cold War to categorize countries based on their economic development and political alignment.

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    Global Divides: The North and the South  Developing World – refer to states that are

    previously categorized as Third Worlds


    The North and South divide can be related to an  “Asian Tigers” of the NIC’s (Newly
    economic division between rich and poor countries. industrialized Countries like Taiwan, Hong
    Kong and South Korea).
    The Global North  The term “developing world” has been widely
     Generally viewed to be the more affluent and used in the 80’s.
    economically stable countries  In 1983, the Brandt Report was published by a
     68 members including Australia, Canada, Israel, commission chaired by the former German
    Hong Kong, Macau, New Zealand, Japan, Chancellor Willy Brandt. This report identified a
    Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the US and all North/South line (or Brandt line), and thus
    of the Europe. popularized another term, namely "The South".
     The G8 (Group of 8) includes Canada, France, The South is a geographical convenience based
    Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, and USA. on the fact that most of the Poor World lies
     There are 64 countries with high HDI’s in the south of latitude 30° North.
    Global North.  A few decades ago, the South was associated
     Aspects include life expectancy, education with starvation, malnutrition, poverty,
    levels, doctors’ available (medicine), and epidemics, low educational levels, political
    developed technology. authoritarianism and dictatorships.
     The US an MEDC has a life expectancy of 79  In addition, Magallanes (2012) also mentioned
    years for women and 77 years for men. In that the term Global South is a historic and de
    Somalia an LEDC the life expectancy is 51 contextualized.
    years for women and 48 years on men.  The term Global South, as pointed out, is
    normally used to mean countries that are faced
    The Global South with social, political and economic challenges.
     The “Poor Side”. Also known as developing  According to the 2013 UNDP Human
    countries. Development Report, it is estimated that 80% of
     The Global South includes Asia (with the the world's middle-class population will be
    exception of Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, South living in developing countries by 2030 (Mendez,
    Korea, Singapore and Taiwan), Central 2015).
    America, South America, Mexico, Africa and
     As opined by Mendez (2015), there is this
    the Middle East (with the exception of Israel).
    ongoing global transformation is a phenomenon
     One of the reasons of the South’s woes is
    known as "South-South cooperation".
    colonization.
     Jean Grugel (1990) enumerated the three factors
    First, Second and Third Worlds that direct the economic development of states
     The term Global North-Global South first within the Global South. These are "élite
    emerged in 1996. This was by large, influenced behavior within and between nation states,
    by the cold war between USA and USSR (Union integration and cooperation within 'geographic
    of Soviet Socialist Republic) areas, and the resulting position of states and
     First World includes US and much of the regions within the global world market and
    Western World. The Communist bloc led by related political economic hierarchy.
    USSR/Russia, China and other states who  BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and south
    employed Marxist principles are the Second Africa) South Africa joined in 2010.
    Worlds. The Third World corresponds to the
     Millennium Development Goals aimed at
    non-aligned states, the under developed nations
    and states that have unstable political and Sustainable development. This includes
    economic conditions. improving education and health care, promoting
     The term “Third World” had been coined by gender equality, and ensuring environmental
    Alfred Sauvy in 1952. sustainability. In addition, the IMF, World Bank
     Third Worlds are also called The less developed and other progressive Northern countries have
    World, the Majority World, the Non-Western embarked on developmental initiatives such as
    World, the Poor World and the Underdeveloped providing loans and grants to the Global south
    World. countries in order that these nation states may
    also attain development in the long run.

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