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Caraga state university Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines URL: www.carsu.edu.ph GLOBAL DIVIDES: The North and the South Prepared by: Jewry S. Catle 1  Global north United States Canada Western Europe Australia  New Zeala...

Caraga state university Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines URL: www.carsu.edu.ph GLOBAL DIVIDES: The North and the South Prepared by: Jewry S. Catle 1  Global north United States Canada Western Europe Australia  New Zealand developed parts of Asia 2  North home to all the members of the G8 (France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada, and Russia) and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council 3  Global South Africa  Latin America developing Asia including the Middle East 4  Difference North -first world along with much of the second world South -Third world 5  Economic and political aspect North -richer/ more developed region - one-quarter of the world population controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the world - 90% of the manufacturing industries are owned by and located in the north 6 North -95% of the North has enough food and shelter -95% of the North has a functioning educational system 7 South poorer less developed region -with three-quarters of the world populations has access to 1/5 of the world income 8  South only 5% of the population has enough food and shelter it lacks appropriate technology it has no political stability the economies are disarticulated their foreign exchange earnings depend on primary product exports 9  Measurement of Economic development a measure of progress in a specific economy advancements in technology a transition from an economy based largely on agriculture to one based on industry and an improvement in living standards 10  Other factors of what a developed country is: life expectancy levels of education poverty employment in that country 11  Three factors that direct the economic development of states 1)a line behavior within and between nation states integration and cooperation with some geographic areas 2) the resulting position of states and regions within the global world market and related political economic hierarchy 12 3) Uneven immigration patterns lead to inequality in the late 18th and 19th centuries (it is very common in two areas) 13  For Instance: people are eager to leave countries in the south to improve the quality of their lives by sharing in the perceived prosperity of the North South and Central Americans want to live and work in North America Africans and Southwest Asians want to live and work in Europe Southeast Asians want to live and work in North America and Europe 14  Thank you! September 4, CSU Extension Project Implementation at Sibagat, ADS 15 2019