THE NORTH-

SOUTH DIVIDE
WHAT IS THE NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE?
 TheNorth-South Divide is used to
describe socioeconomic differences
among North and South countries

A political categorization of countries

IN SHORT…

The differences in wealth

between rich countries of the
world in the North and the poor
countries in the South.

Rich-Poor divide
GLOBAL NORTH OR DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES
 United States, Canada all countries in
Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand
as well as the developed countries in Asia
such as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Taiwan and South Korea.

 1st World Countries

KEY POINTS
 TheNorth is comprised of countries
which have developed economies and
account for over 90% of all
manufacturing industries in the
world.

 Theycontrol 80% of the total income

earned around the world.
95% of the population in
countries in the North have
enough basic needs and have
access to functioning education
systems.
GLOBAL SOUTH OR POOR
COUNTRIES
 Africa,
Latin America and
developing Asia including Middle
East.

 3rd world countries

KEY POINTS
 The South is comprised of countries with
developing economies which were initially
referred to as Third World countries.
 Low GDP

 High Population

 5% of the population is able to access basic

needs
 Relying on imports from the North

 Low technological penetration

GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE
 Describesglobal disparities between
developed and developing countries,
in regards to access to computing
and information resources such as
the internet and the opportunities
derived from such access.

 Technology
DIGITAL DIVIDE

High quality computers

Fast internet
Technical assistance
Telephone services
WORLD WIDE INTERNET USERS
2005 2010 2014
World 6.5 billion 6.9 billion 7.2 billion
Population
Not Using the 84% 70% 60%
internet

Using the 16% 30% 40%

internet
Users in the 8% 21% 32%
developing
world

Users in the 51% 67% 78%

developed
world
Source: International Telecommunications Union.
INTERNET USERS BY REGION
2005 2010 2014
Africa 2% 10% 19%
Americas 36% 49% 65%
Arab States 8% 26% 41%
Asia and 9% 23% 32%
Pacific
Commonwealt 10% 34% 56%
h of
Independent
States
Europe 46% 67% 75%
Source: International Telecommunications Union.
NORTH VS. SOUTH
TRANSPORTATION
NORTH TRANSPORTATION
 The Northern mostly traveled by
railroads. They had 20,000 miles of
tracks.

 Inearly 1800s the railroads and

steam engines were invented to
move goods faster.
SIMILARITIES
 They import and export goods with their
transportation and also the north had
the rivers to travel by but it was less
popular.

 TheSouth had 10,000 miles of tracks to

travel by, but it was also less convenient.
DIFFERENCES
 North

The most common difference of the north is

that they have railroads to import and
export goods while also traveling people.
 South

The most common difference of the south

against the north is they travel by rivers
to import or export of goods and travel
people.
THE G8
 Canada
 France

 Germany

 Italy

 Japan

 Russia (suspended)

 UK

 US

 EU
GLOBAL ISSUES TO FOSTER BY THE G8
1. Economic Growth
2. Global Security
3. Energy and Terrorism
 The Group of Eight (G8) has conferences or
meetings throughout the year, it researches
policies and has a summit meeting once a year.
The heads of the government each G8 country
attend the summit meeting.