What is the Global South? What does it reveal about the new pattern of the Global distribution of wealth and poverty?
After the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union were the main actors in the international arena. The idea of categorizing countries by their economic and developmental status began during the Cold War and these two countries and their allies, between East and West, was concentrated on Europe. Why? Both sides had their most important interests. Soviet Union represented the developing east (Second World), and the United States represented developing west (First World) with the even less developed countries constituting the Third World.
The First World became the “North” and the Third World became the “South” it is mean that south countries are located in the Southern Hemisphere. “The term “third world” started life with a meaning far different from that which it commonly has today – that is, of poor, less developed countries somewhere to the south.” The term today generally refers to all the Underdeveloped Countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Division between the Global South and the Global North might be best approached as a division based on class rather than state or geographically determined, because life for most people in the Northern Hemisphere is very different from that in the Southern Hemisphere. Why?
The countries of the Global North are those that are wealthy with declining birth rates, ageing populations in contrast “ […] The Global South is home to more than 80 percent of world’s people but commands less than 20 percent of its wealth.” It is mean that yearly number of deaths per 1,000 in the Global South is higher than that found in the Global North. Moreover overall dependency burdens represents only about one-third of the populations of Global North about almost 45% of the population of the Global South. Global South countries also are characterized by low productivity, high rates of population growth and the people also bear the brunt of some of the greatest challenges facing the international community in this millennium: poverty, human and civil rights abuses, ethnic and regional conflicts, mass displacements of refugees, hunger, and disease.
The Essay on Third World Countries
World' Countries today? Who should be held responsible for these problems? Why? What has Canada done to help 'Third World Countries'? There has always been a dominant country in the world that sets the economic standard throughout powerful countries. Canada has always been a top rated economic country, usually behind the United States and other large Commonwealth countries. Starting back in the ...
Poverty has existed for a very long time perhaps throughout most periods of recorded history and to different extents it remains worldwide still now in this 21st century. Simply speaking poverty of people was measured by the basic amount of money necessary to keep someone alive moreover poverty is the lack of basic necessities: food and water, education etc. “In other words, poverty is not a simple phenomenon. It has economic, political, cultural, emotional and psychological dimensions.”A majority of the world’s poorest countries today are in Africa. But not all countries like South Africa or Egypt are quite poor as Angola. The poor people are getting poorer and the rich people getting richer. For example, the vast majority of Angolans live in poverty and have no money to get a piece of bread I am not talking about less access to health, education and other service, they are miserable and hungry therefore fighting hard to survive one more day. People are starving to death but nobody cares. In contrast political elites are very wealthy and have the better access to all services and goods and hungry for more money.
The idea that perhaps poverty is found within parts of developed countries and therefore the Global South might not refer exclusively to difference between states but also within states I want to focus on Angola. Angola has become one of the largest crude oil producing countries in Africa (2010 was the second in Africa).
The Term Paper on Critical analysis of Good Country People by Flannery O’ Connor
Good Country People is one of the most sought after works of Flannery O’ Connor. It is said to be the biography of O’Connor but she never claimed it to be such. The novel Good Country People seems to reflect the current situation and emotional status of O’ Connor while she was writing the novel, and if it is not in fact her biography, her emotion at that time has influenced the novel greatly. ...
This country is also rich national resources as gold and diamonds. Not forgetting it is also one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the world. “Hajari and Mabri describe Angola as the “worst country in the world”, for example, and outline the now familiar story of how, despite its enormous mineral wealth, Angola teetered on the “edge of the abyss.” How can this be? The answer is very simple and it is enough to reveal one word – corruption. Corruption is found in all places at all levels. In 2002 the International Monetary Fund found the Angolan government could not account for more than US$900 million in 2006 due to “extensive corruption”. Transparency International created the CPI table (Corruption Perception Index 2006 and ranked Angola 142 out of 163 countries.
“To fully take advantage of its rich national resources – gold, diamonds, extensive forests, Atlantic fisheries, and large oil deposits – Angola will need to implement government reforms, increase transparency, and reduce corruption.” The question arises how to control and reduce corruption in Angola? The essential thing is education. Large number of people is uneducated and these people do not know about the process through which they can get justice. Next essential thing to change the government processes. I mentioned just few problems why Angola is one of the poorest countries in the world, but in generally there are more causes why all third world is in poverty, for example: trade, war, debt, land, health, environment, etc. When a country is at war basic services like education are disrupted. People at war usually leave their homes and crops often are destroyed. Thus, the shortage of food appears, moreover many people in the Global South have had their land taken over by large businesses and all these reasons creating a poverty.
Another key factor to reducing poverty can be the reduction in inequality. Inequality we can describe as an unfair situation in which some groups in society have more money, opportunities, power than others. Inequality within countries has reduced despite the fact that it has been on the rise again in the last 20 years. All people come into the world equally helpless and this fairness argument serves as a more equitable distribution of wealth. Rising inequality between rich and poor reducing the effectiveness of growth for poverty reduction and obstruct development. But for many years, studies inequality is high even while absolute poverty is slowly being reduced. Global distribution of wealth and poverty might include discussion of the increasing or decreasing levels of equality. “A country with a high level of inequality is not likely to be a peaceful place to live.” For example, the richest 1% of adults in the world own 40% of the planet’s wealth and wealth is heavily concentrated in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific countries, these countries hold 88% of total world health. I Agree with Milanovic who confirmed that countries with better redistributive policies and higher levels of government spending have lower inequality.
The Essay on Singer's Solution To World Poverty
What is poverty? Some say it is living pay check to pay check without being able to treat themselves to something nice while others only classify poverty as having no food or shelter. Through the years, world hunger and poverty has increased. Peter Singer, from the New York Times Magazine, writes in a very thought provoking manner about his solution to world poverty using bizarre examples to guilt ...
Global South is made up of some 133 countries out of a total of 197 and includes both countries with medium human development and low human development. Global South or “Third World “ term today generally refers to all Underdeveloped Countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Why, for example, African countries are so poor? This continent endowed with immense natural and human resources as well as great cultural, ecological and economic diversity, remains underdeveloped. The answer is quite simple most African nations suffer from corruption, military dictatorships civil unrest and war, underdevelopment and deep poverty. Although some believe that African continent is doomed to perpetual poverty and economic slavery, because numerous development strategies have failed and the majority of the countries classified by the UN as least developed are in Africa. I believe the world can help Africa and has the ability to end poverty in this continent. Poor people can expect us to help them, but they have to help themselves. Poor people believe: “Life happens to me” it is not true and you must to believe: “I create my life”.
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The Essay on International Tourism World Development Countries
... half of the world's poorest countries as an effective mean taking part in the global economy and reduce poverty. Such development of international tourism ... 10% - in Asia, Africa and Australia combined s Figure 2. The share of tourism in world economies. Under the forecast ... Canada, the Shanghai Expo in China, the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and the Commonwealth Games in India. Confirming these ...
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