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Lesson 6
Lesson 6
From these divisions, the Global South refers to the socio-economic and
political divide primarily focused on the southern hemisphere of the 1569 -
designed Mercatorian map (Africa, Latin America, Asia such as Middle
East) .
Ang GLOBAL SOUTH ay nagpapahiwatig ng mga DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES.
Global North - is the home of all members of the GROUP OF EIGHT (G8) -
Canada, France, German, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, Russia and the
United States of America.
- It is also the abode of the powerful permanent members (5) of the United
Nations Security Council.
Claudio (2014) - by now, one can say that the terms Global South and the
Third World are conceptually same. They both refer to conditions usually
found in developing countries. But the term Third World is the antecedent
of Global South.
Arguably, the term Third World ceased to exist when the COLD WAR
ENDED.
Historically, the world was once categorized based on the economic
ideology of Western capitalism against the Soviet Union’s socialism.
Ang India ay itinuturing na isang Third World country dahil ito ay isang
kolonya dati ng United Kingdom.
Ang Pilipinas din ay kabilang Third World Countries. Nang maglaon, ginamit
ang categorya upang sumangguni sa mga bansang hindi capitalista o
socialista.
Dahil maraming bansa ang naghihirap, ginamit ang Third World na termino
para tukuyin ang mga mahihirap na bansa sa buong mundo. Ang mga
bansang ito ay itinuturing na hindi industriyalisado o kaya naman ay papunta
palang sa industriyalismo. Kadalasan, ang mga nasabing bansa ay kulang sa
sistema ng pagbabangko, pananalapi at kalakalan.