Recently, the North-South concept has acquired increased sophistication. North‐South interaction 2.1 The North as an engine of growth According to an influential view which followed Lewis (1980), the North was an engine of global growth. In Section 3, the globalization process is introduced and the three phases of globalization are described. The Global Divides: North and South A Socio-economic and Political Division. The global North-South divide has been conceptualized in economic, political and developmental terms, where geographic locations of nations are broadly identified with levels of industrialization, economic progress, science and technology, standards of living and political-economic power in the global arena. The North–South divide (or Global North and Global South) is a socio-economic and political division of Earth popularized in the late 20th century and early 21st century. 21-24). The world is divided according to socio-economic and political aspects. The North-South Divide or Rich-Poor Divide is the socio-economic and political division between the wealthy developed countries known as “the North”, and the poorer developing countries or “the South.” The Global North mostly encompasses the West and the First World, along with many of the Second World. In modern political literature, ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’ classifications are usually attributed by the Human Development Index (HDI), which are published by the United Nations (UNDP 2005, pp. However, several measures have been put in place to contract the North-South Divide including the lobbying for international free trade and globalization. 2. Section 4 extends the model by assuming several northern and several southern countries. Green Left is a vital social-change project and aims to make all content available online, without paywalls. By: EYMARD JULIAN F. FADERON BSCS – 1B Overview The North-South Divide is the socio-economic and political division that exists between the wealthy developed countries, known collectively as “the North,” and the poorer developing countries (least developed countries), or “the South.” From the wars on European soil and increasing poverty in Africa, to the booming technological abilities in Japan, this one word will be an understatement to all things to come. For $10 per month get the above and the print edition delivered to your door. For just $5 per month get the Green Left digital edition in your inbox each week. But other changes in the global economy, especially the huge growth of finance capital centered in New York, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo, reinforced the economic advantage of the old imper-ial centers. cated the North-South picture. When the North grew faster, the demand for goods produced by the South increased Generally, definitions of the Global North is not exclusively a geographical term, and it includes Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan (ROC) and the United States. The divide between ‘Global North’ and ‘Global South’ is broadly considered an economic, social and political division. The North-South Divide is criticized for being a way of segregating people along economic lines and is seen as a factor of the widening gap between developed and developing economies. Section 2 exposes the North-South HOS model and determines the conditions for both countries not to be simultaneously inside the diversification cone. Intellectual movements, such as subal- With no corporate sponsors or advertising, we rely on support and donations from readers like you. The Global Search For Education: Impact of Globalization on the North and South Divide Posted By C. M. Rubin on Jan 25, 2018 The pressures in systems in the North is to compete to ensure more and more learners are succeeding in acquiring higher order learning skills as articulated in cross-national tests like PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS .” As you continue to read further, you will see how globalization and the north- south global divide play a key role in our nation’s economy.