North-South Gap

North-South Gap More Developed County (MDC) – Previously

referred to as the First World. Wealthy developed countries

Least Developed Country (LDC) –Previously referred to as the Third World – Economically poor underdeveloped countries

Landlocked developing countries (LLDC) – developing countries that are landlocked.

North-South Gap

The divide between North and South is not based on geography, but is based on a socio-economic and political division.

Map of world poverty by country, as of 2009 showing percentage of population living on less than $1.25 per day. Unfortunately, information is missing for some countries.

Characteristics of the North

Economic DevelopmentIndustrialization

Advancements in technologyEconomy based on industry

High living standardHigh life expectancy

High levels of education and employment

Members of the North Bermuda, Canada, United States, Hong

Kong, Israel, Japan, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Hungary, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Vatican City, Australia, New Zealand

Characteristics of the South (LDC/LLDC)

Lack of Development Previously colonized countries

Support from international aid agendas Many economies based on agriculture

Lacking living standards Low life expectancy

Low levels of educational and employment success

LDC Criteria

Criteria comes from the UN Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries & Landlocked Developing Countries

Poverty - a low-income criterion, based on a three-year average estimate of the gross national income (GNI) per capita

LDC Criteria

Human Resource Weakness: based on indicators of: (a) nutrition; (b) health; (c) education; and (d) adult literacy

Economic Vulnerability: the instability of agricultural production; the instability of exports of goods and services; merchandise export concentration; and the handicap of economic smallness

LDCLeast Developed Country

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yemen, Haiti

LLDC Landlocked Developing Country

Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Moldova, Bolivia, Paraguay

What is development?

The Dictionary of Human Geography defines development as “processes of social change or a change to class and

state projects to transform national economies“.

Think of it as a measure of progress in a specific economy.

Development Continuum Gap

New name for the North-South Gap: Development Continuum Gap

Purpose: to close the very real gap between the North countries (more

economically developed) and the South countries (less economically developed

countries)

Unit Topics Unequal World

Colonialism Poverty

Globalization Government Organizations (World Bank, IMF)

Multinational Corporations Non-governmental Organizations

Millennium Goals Global Epidemic of HIV/AIDS Water – A Common Concern

Blood Diamond Unit Project

Unit Test

Did you know?

Twenty-five percent (25 %) of the world's people have:

85% of the world's energy consumption 83 % of the world's GNP 94 % of the world's health expenditure 70 % of the world's grain 89% of the world's education spending 82 % of the world's industry 95 % of the world's science and technology

Did you know?

In 1900 the average person in the North had four (4) times as much as a person in the South

In 1970 - only seventy years later- the ratio was forty to one (40:1). That is, the average person in the North had forty times as much as a person in the South.

Did you know?

Between the 1980's and the present, a five percent pay raise for a professional (Dentist, Lawyer, Doctor, etc.) in Canada would be greater than many workers could expect in a hundred years in the South.

Where do you fit in?

Lets find out how you contribute to the gap every day!

Before You've Finished Breakfast...You Have Depended on half of the world.

Interconnectedness Assignment

Use an atlas to discover the interconnectedness of your kitchen, bedroom or morning routine to the rest of the world. Investigate this by: a) Make a list of products you use at home on a daily basis. Ex:

toothpaste, shampoo, toilet paper, cereal, juice, etc b) At home, check where the products and household goods you

relied on were manufactured or made. c) In class tomorrow you will be given time to identify where

these countries are located in an atlas. Use your world map to link these connections. Create a list of

products and their country of origin on the back of your map.

Worth 15 points Due Wednesday at the start of class!