GLOBAL NORTH AND GLOBAL SOUTH Reasons for development gap:

INTRODUCTION • Environmental factors

• Historical
In the 1980s, the Brandt Line was developed as a way of
• Wars
showing how the world was geographically split into relatively
• Socio Economic
richer and poorer nations. Richer countries are almost all
located in the Northern Hemisphere , Poorer countries are • Globalization
mostly located in tropical regions and in the Southern • Lack of Trade
Hemisphere. • Abundance of Debt
• Neo-Colonialism
The terms the North and the South, when used in a global • Lack of Aid
context, are alternative designations for “ developed” and “
developing” countries. The North – South divide is broadly Economic Difference Between North and South
considered a socio- economic and political divide.
North - Industrial Revolutionized they opposed slavery.
Global North
South- Was a lot more rural, plantations and small farms,
• America slavery.
• Canada
*UN addressed this by developing program dedicated to
• Japan narrowing the divide through its Millennium Development
• Europe Goals through improving health care, promoting gender
• South Korea equality and ensuring environmental sustainability.
• Singapore
• Australia Reasons why our world is so unequal today:
• New Zealand 1. Colonialism

Global South 2. Trade

• Most Countries are Asia and Africa 3. Debt

• Philippines
• Malaysia
• Haiti
• Lebanon
• Chad
• Brazil

Global North

The Global North (one quarter of the world population) refers

to developed societies of Europe and North America, which
are characterized by established democracy, wealth,
technological advancement, political stability, aging
population, zero population growth and dominance of world
trade and politics.

Global North Problems

• OVERCONSUMPTION AND FOOD WASTAGE

• WIDESPREAD POVERTY (IRELAND AND UK
SPECIFICALLY)
• EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE
• INCREASING RATE OF MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS

Global South

The Global South ( the developing countries ) three quarters of

the world populations , represents mainly agrarian economies
in Africa, India, China, Latin America and others that are not
as economically sound and politically stable as their global
North counterparts and tend to be characterized by turmoil,
war, conflict, poverty, anarchy and tyranny (Odeh, 2010)

Global South Problems

• CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL CAPITALISM

• NEOCOLONIALISM
• LABOR CONDITIONS
• GLOBALIZATION, GLOBAL HEALTH
GOVERNANCE, HEALTH, AND PREVENTION
NEEDS
• MARKET LIBERALIZATION

The Divide

However economic development is not the only way to

measure progress per Human Development Index, there are
other factors too such as: life expectancy and education.