The rich and the poor world

The rich North and the poor South the rich North: the USA, western Europe the poor South: most of Africa, Asia, South America

The poor South – developing countries 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 developing countries is 80 times lower than income per capita of the rich North Americans

Why is the South 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 world

Aid for the poor countries Financial help- directed to the governments of the poor countries

Platform for trade with poor countries Fair 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

Humanitarian Aid: non-governmental organisations

Live Aid