Global South

Or glob·al south

[gloh-buhl south]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the low- or middle-income countries located in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania; Third World.
The article argues that poverty in the Global South stems from European exploitation of its natural resources.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1965–70; not literally referring to the Southern Hemisphere, but continuing the 20th century contrasts between the wealthy industrial north and the poverty-stricken agricultural south, and probably beginning with Antonio Gramsci’s essay “The Southern Question” (1926), in which he argued southern Italy had, in effect, been colonized by capitalists from northern Italy

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In their report, former Indian bureaucrat NK Singh and former US treasury secretary Lawrence Summers recommended breaking the link between IMF voting rights and financial contributions to ensure fairer representation for both the "Global North" and the "Global South".

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James Martin, an American Jesuit priest and the founder of Outreach, a prominent Catholic LGBTQ+ organization, told Salon that the new pope’s background in Latin America “means that he understands the global south,” a fact that likely contributed to his being selected as pontiff.

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Xi stood alongside leaders from across the Global South - a reminder to Trump's administration that China not only has other options for trade, but it is also presenting itself as an alternative global leader.

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It was an outcome that caught many followers of the Catholic Church, which has been shifting its focus away from its shrinking base in Europe to the growing number of faithful in the global south, completely by surprise.

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It has expanded its ties across South East Asia, Latin America and Africa – and a Belt and Road trade and infrastructure initiative shored up ties with the so-called Global South.

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