global South

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The global South refers to the less economically developed regions of Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania that share histories of colonialism and ongoing struggles for economic and social justice in the global system.

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Label Occurrences
Global South 52
global South canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (99)

Predicate Object
instanceOf development studies concept ⓘ
geopolitical concept ⓘ
postcolonial studies concept ⓘ
socioeconomic category ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
contrastsWith global North ⓘ
critiquedFor internal heterogeneity ⓘ
overgeneralization ⓘ
potential essentialism ⓘ
emergedAsTermIn late 20th century ⓘ
excludesRegion Australia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
North America ⓘ
most of Western Europe ⓘ
hasCharacteristic demographic growth ⓘ
development challenges ⓘ
diverse cultures and societies ⓘ
greater economic vulnerability ⓘ
higher levels of poverty ⓘ
historical experiences of colonialism ⓘ
lower average income levels ⓘ
lower levels of industrialization ⓘ
political marginalization in global governance ⓘ
postcolonial dependency ⓘ
structural inequality in the world economy ⓘ
youthful populations ⓘ
hasDemographicPattern large informal settlements ⓘ
rapid urbanization ⓘ
rural–urban migration ⓘ
hasEconomicPattern export dependence on primary commodities ⓘ
informal economies ⓘ
limited access to capital markets ⓘ
structural adjustment legacies ⓘ
vulnerability to commodity price shocks ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue biodiversity loss ⓘ
climate change vulnerability ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
desertification ⓘ
pollution from extractive industries ⓘ
water scarcity ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
Cold War alignments ⓘ
European colonial expansion ⓘ
decolonization movements ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
hasInstitutionalRepresentation ASEAN ⓘ
African Union ⓘ
BRICS ⓘ
CELAC ⓘ
Group of 77 ⓘ
linked to: G77

Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
SAARC ⓘ
hasPoliticalRole bloc in international negotiations ⓘ
collective voice in global governance debates ⓘ
hasStruggle access to healthcare ⓘ
climate justice ⓘ
decolonization of knowledge ⓘ
economic justice ⓘ
education access ⓘ
fair trade terms ⓘ
food security ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
political self-determination ⓘ
reform of global financial institutions ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
sovereign debt relief ⓘ
technology transfer ⓘ
includesRegion Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
playsRoleIn United Nations negotiations ⓘ
World Trade Organization negotiations ⓘ
climate change negotiations under UNFCCC ⓘ
relatedConcept North–South divide ⓘ
South–South cooperation ⓘ
Third World ⓘ
dependency theory ⓘ
developing countries ⓘ
emerging economies ⓘ
global inequality ⓘ
least developed countries ⓘ
non-aligned movement ⓘ
periphery ⓘ
postcolonial theory ⓘ
postcolonial world ⓘ
semi-periphery ⓘ
world-systems theory ⓘ
replacedTerm Third World in many contexts ⓘ
usedInField anthropology ⓘ
climate justice discourse ⓘ
development economics ⓘ
environmental politics ⓘ
geography ⓘ
global health ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
sociology ⓘ

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Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States → regionServed → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Department of Development Sociology → hasFocusRegion → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
350.org → operatesIn → global South ⓘ
Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development → focusesOn → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
I Will Not Dance to Your Beat → hasPerspective → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
NoVo Foundation → worksInRegion → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Trade and Development Report → hasPerspective → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Caribbean Centre for Development Administration → geopoliticalContext → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Langham Partnership International → focus → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Can the Subaltern Speak? → addressesGroup → global South ⓘ
Middle East and Africa → locatedIn → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Quartz Media → hasRegionalFocus → global South ⓘ
King Baudouin Foundation → focusArea → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Witness → operatesIn → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
LACRALO → geographicFocus → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Arab Coordination Group → regionServed → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
New Development Bank → regionServed → global South ⓘ
subject linked to: NDB
Department of Housing, School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi → regionFocus → Global South ⓘ
subject linked to: Department of Housing
linked to: global South
ACT Alliance → operatesIn → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
African Communist → regionOfCoverage → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Anglican realignment → geographicSupportBase → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Association of Small Island States → hasPoliticalAlignment → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
South–South cooperation → hasRegion → Global South ⓘ
subject linked to: SSC
linked to: global South
Sharjah Biennial → regionServed → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Political Council of ALBA → locatedIn → Global South ⓘ
subject linked to: Political Council
linked to: global South
global South → alsoKnownAs → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States → regionServed → Global South ⓘ
subject linked to: ACP
linked to: global South
Committee of Ambassadors → geographicRegion → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Summit of Heads of State and Government → region → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity → regionServed → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Prince Claus Award → notableFocus → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu → regionOfInfluence → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Gender, Environment and Poverty Interlinks → associatedWith → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Moving the Centre → mainSubject → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
North–South relations → involves → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa → hasFocusRegion → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Medico International → operatesIn → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Third Cinema → associatedWithRegion → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
The Political Economy of Underdevelopment → mainTopic → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University → targetRegion → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Northern South America → partOf → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
UNIFEM Award for Women in Development → focusRegion → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Gharbzadegi → regionOfInfluence → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
COMSATS → regionServed → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
European Development Fund → geopoliticalFocus → Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy → operatesIn → Global South ⓘ
subject linked to: ITDP
linked to: global South