Global South

or glob·al south

[ gloh-buhl 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Global South¹

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

Professor Melanie Austen, Professor of Ocean and Society at the University of Plymouth and lead of the Blue Communities programme, added: "This study is a powerful example of strong collaboration between researchers from the Global South and Global North. Its aim, and that of the entire programme, has been to provide much needed analysis and information to help coastal communities live within the environmental limits of the natural marine resources."

From Science Daily

This is an offence to the demands of the global south.

From BBC

Countries in the Global South will continue to bear the greatest burden of the plastic crisis.

From Science Daily

Almost everyone I spoke with placed the blame on immigrants, holding the view, as Crusius did, that dark-skinned people from the global south are surging northward to overwhelm white Christians, what’s become known as the “great replacement theory.”

From Salon

Beijing has already built alliances with emerging economies across the so-called Global South.

From BBC