1. North-South Divide Globalization

2. North South Divide North – developed South – developing
North-South divide can be seen in:
Economy
Poverty
Development
Life expectancy
Literacy
North – developed
South – developing

3. GDP

4. GDP per capita

5. North vs. South
The richest 15% produce 67$ for each 1$ produces by 40% of the poorest population
More than 1 billon people in LDC (Low Developing Countries) live with less than 1$ per day

6. North vs. South
Different political experience (most of LDC were directly or indirectly dominated by EDC) (Economic Developing Countries)
Different economic structures (North – economy lay on diverse industrial base, South – unstable economies based on one or few industries)
GNP: Gross National Product (total value of a nation's goods and services).

7. GDP PER CAPITA – PPP
PPP: Purchasing Power Parity

8. Poverty (population living with less 1$ per day)

9. Human Development Index
IMPORTANT:

10. Life Expectancy at Birth

11. Life Expectancy at Birth

12. Literacy / Total Populace

13. Literacy Rate

14. North vs. South Newly Industrializing countries (NIC)
Argentina / Brazil / Malaysia / Mexico / South Korea / Singapore / Taiwan / Thailand
Countries in transitions (CIT), possess a broad industrial base, but face economic problems
Mostly ex-communist countries that started transition to capitalism with different degree of enthusiasm (Economist)

15. Globalization
A complex series of economic, social, technological, cultural and political changes resulting in increasing interdependence, integration and interaction between people and companies in disparate locations. As a term 'globalization' has been used as early as 1944 but became widely adopted in 1981.

16. Characteristics Economic Technical / Legal Cultural
Greater international cultural exchange
Spreading of multiculturalism, and better individual access to cultural diversity.
Greater international travel and tourism
Greater immigration, including illegal immigration
Spread of local consumer products (food) to other countries
World-wide Fads and Pop Culture such as Pokémon, YouTube, Coca-Cola.
World-wide sporting events such as FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.
Formation or development of a set of “universal values”
Destruction of local cultures
Homogenization of cultures, habits, foods, traditions, products
Imported culture easily supplant the local culture, causing reduction in diversity through hybridization or even assimilation.
The most prominent form of this is Westernization
Increase in international trade at a much faster rate than the growth in the world economy
Increase in international flow of capital including foreign direct investment
Creation of international agreements (WTO, OPEC)
Development of global financial systems
Increased role of international organizations such as WTO, WIPO, IMF
Increase of economic practices like outsourcing and off shoring
Corporate imperialism
Environmental pollution
Unequal distribution between North and South
Development of a global telecommunications infrastructure and greater transborder data flow (Internet, communication satellites, etc.)
Increase in the number of standards applied globally (copyright laws and patents)
The push by many advocates for an international criminal court and international justice movements
Increased migration
Globalization of crime and terrorism
Economic
Technical / Legal
Cultural