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    The document discusses the divide between the global North and South. [1] The global North refers to developed, wealthy countries located mostly in Europe and North America while the global South encompasses developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. [2] Some key reasons for the development gap between the two include historical factors like colonialism, unequal trade relationships, and debt. [3] While the global North faces issues like overconsumption, poverty, and high healthcare costs, the global South struggles with problems stemming from capitalism, neocolonialism, and health and prevention needs exacerbated by globalization.

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    The document discusses the divide between the global North and South. [1] The global North refers to developed, wealthy countries located mostly in Europe and North America while the global South encompasses developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. [2] Some key reasons for the development gap between the two include historical factors like colonialism, unequal trade relationships, and debt. [3] While the global North faces issues like overconsumption, poverty, and high healthcare costs, the global South struggles with problems stemming from capitalism, neocolonialism, and health and prevention needs exacerbated by globalization.

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    The document discusses the divide between the global North and South. [1] The global North refers to developed, wealthy countries located mostly in Europe and North America while the global South encompasses developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. [2] Some key reasons for the development gap between the two include historical factors like colonialism, unequal trade relationships, and debt. [3] While the global North faces issues like overconsumption, poverty, and high healthcare costs, the global South struggles with problems stemming from capitalism, neocolonialism, and health and prevention needs exacerbated by globalization.

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    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.

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