North South NorthSouth Divide Globalization NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE
North & South North-South Divide Globalization
NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE • North-South divide can be seen in: • Economy • • Poverty • Development • • Life expectancy • Literacy North – developed South – developing
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
NORTH VS. SOUTH • The richest 15% produce 67$ for each 1$ produces by 40% of the poorest population • More than 1 billon people in LDC (Low Developing Countries) live with less than 1$ per day
NORTH VS. SOUTH • Different political experience (most of LDC were directly or indirectly dominated by EDC) (Economic Developing Countries) • Different economic structures (North – economy lay on diverse industrial base, South – unstable economies based on one or few industries)
GDP PER CAPITA – PPP
POVERTY (POPULATION LIVING WITH LESS 1$ PER DAY)
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH
LITERACY / TOTAL POPULACE
LITERACY RATE
NORTH VS. SOUTH • Newly Industrializing countries (NIC) – Argentina / Brazil / Malaysia / Mexico / South Korea / Singapore / Taiwan / Thailand • Countries in transitions (CIT), possess a broad industrial base, but face economic problems – Mostly ex-communist countries that started transition to capitalism with different degree of enthusiasm (Economist)
GLOBALIZATION • A complex series of economic, social, technological, cultural and political changes resulting in increasing interdependence, integration and interaction between people and companies in disparate locations. As a term 'globalization' has been used as early as 1944 but became widely adopted in 1981.
CHARACTERISTICS • • Greater international cultural Increase in international • • Development of a global telecommunications infrastructure exchange trade at a transborder much faster rateflow (Internet, and greater Spreading of multiculturalism, and data better individual to cultural communication satellites, thanaccess the growth in the etc. ) world diversity. economy • Increase in the number of standards applied globally Greater international travel and Economic (copyright laws and patents) • Increase in international tourism The push by manyincluding advocates Greater • immigration, including illegal for • Destruction of local cultures flow of capital immigrationan international court foreign direct criminal investment • Homogenization of cultures, Spread of local products and consumer international justice habits, foods, traditions, Creation of international (food) to • other countries • Corporate movements products World-wide agreements Fads and Pop (WTO, Culture OPEC) such Technica Cultural imperialism • Increased as Pokémon, You. Tube, migration Coca-Cola. • / Legal Imported culture easily l • Development of global • Environmental • Globalization of crime and World-wide sporting events such as supplant the local culture, financial systems FIFA World terrorism Cup and the Olympic pollution causing reduction in Games. • Increased role of diversity through • Unequal Formation or development of a set of international organizations hybridization or even distribution “universal values” assimilation. such as WTO, WIPO, IMF between North and • The most prominent form of South • Increase of economic this is Westernization practices like outsourcing
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