Global South

American  

[gloh-buhl south] / ˈgloʊ bəl ˈsaʊθ /

Or global south

noun

1. the low- or middle-income countries located in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania; Third World.

   The article argues that poverty in the Global South stems from European exploitation of its natural resources.

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Etymology

Origin of Global South

First recorded in 1965–70; not literally referring to the Southern Hemisphere, but continuing the 20th century contrasts between the wealthy industrial north and the poverty-stricken agricultural south, and probably beginning with Antonio Gramsci’s essay “The Southern Question” (1926), in which he argued southern Italy had, in effect, been colonized by capitalists from northern Italy

Example Sentences

Scientists around the world, particularly in the Global South, will be able to access these resources through institutional portals and platforms such as GBIF, or request specimens for further study.

From Science Daily

The U.S. will also have to work with the world’s second largest economy, China, which played such a constructive role in overcoming the last financial crisis, and with countless countries in the Global South that collectively play a much greater role in the global economy today than they did in 2008.

From Barron's

The U.S. will also have to work with the world’s second largest economy, China, which played such a constructive role in overcoming the last financial crisis, and with countless countries in the Global South that collectively play a much greater role in the global economy today than they did in 2008.

From Barron's

Disruptions to energy supply and air travel as a result of this conflict will "have far greater ramifications economically in the Global South than in the West", he adds.

From BBC

Gafcon has members from across the world - including Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australasia – and claims to speak for the majority of the Global South, although that is contested.

From BBC