Global South

English

Etymology

First used in a political sense in 1969.

Proper noun

Global South

  1. Africa, Latin America, and developing Asia, including the Middle East, regarded as half of a socioeconomic and political divide with the Global North
    • 2015, Andrea Hollington, Oliver Tappe, Tijo Salverda, Tobias Schwarz, Concepts of the Global South. Voices from around the world., Global South Studies Center Cologne:
      Where and what is the Global South? If you ask people on the street, many would probably not have the faintest idea. In everyday parlance and mass media, Global South has hardly become a household term. In academic and (global) policy circles, though, the term is used with much more gusto.

Antonyms

  • Global North

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