The rich and the The rich and the poor worldpoor world

The rich North and the poor The rich North and the poor SouthSouth

the rich North: the USA, western Europe

the poor South: most of Africa, Asia, South America

The poor South – developing The poor South – developing countriescountries

low standard of living conditions,low standard of production,technological backwardness,dominance of agriculture (often

backward),export based mainly on natural resources

(low prices),75-90% of population live in the country

usually in primitive conditions.

Income per capita in Income per capita in

developing countries is developing countries is 8080 times lower than income per times lower than income per

capita of the rich North capita of the rich North Americans Americans

Why is the South Why is the South poor?poor?

past colonialism (exploitation of natural resources and the low paid labour),

abolishion of colonialism hasn’t changed much: still traditonal, backward agriculture (mainly coffee, tea, tropical fruit, cane, cocoa, cotton,etc.)

low prices of exported products and high prices paid for the imported ones,

wars (antagonisms between tribes, e.g. Rwanda, Congo (conflict between two ethnic groups Tutsi and Hutu); Sudan (conflict between black and Muslim populations), etc.

The rich and the poor worldThe rich and the poor world

Aid for the poor Aid for the poor countriescountries

Financial help- directed to the governments of the poor countries

Platform for trade with poor Platform for trade with poor countriescountriesFair Trade- a financial

relationship between producers, sellers, and consumers on the principle of equity within the exchange of goods.

ensuring humane working conditions,

fair prices,ensuring children’s

rights

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