Geography Series L-ES-S UNITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH -

What are the South countries characteristics ? Is there a South identity ? What makes these countries divided ?

Vocabulary : the Third world countries : les pays du Tiers-monde under development : sous-développé life expectancy : espérance de vie an impoverished nation : une nation appauvrie a low income country : un pays à faible revenu death rate/birth rate : taux de mortalité/taux de natalité below the poverty level : en-dessous du seuil de pauvreté ill fed : mal nourri under fed : sous nourri slums : bidonvilles central business district (CBD) Cela élargit le fossé entre les riches et les pauvres : That broads the gap between the have and the have-nots. L’argent n’est pas distribué de façon égale : Money isn’t distributed heavenly. Ils essayent de se sortir de la pauvreté : They try to grope their way out of poverty. Ils sont dans une situation critique : They are in a sorry plight. Documents : - document 4 page 273 The ways of development are diverse for the southern countries,we can see that the GDP don’t exceed the 2.5 % in most part of the world .The GDP is between 0 and 2.5 % in most of the southern countries like in Africa ( Kenya, South Africa, Somalia….) Or in south America ( Peru, Venezuela…) More over we can see that the Asian continent is the most developed in the south , the GDP is more than 2.5% and superior to USA. To conclude we can see that there is few countries in the south part of the world where the GDP is under 2.5 %. - document 2 page 277 This document shows the contrast of wealth inside the South countries, here in Djakarta, (Indonesia). On the foreground, kids are playing football without shoes, and behind them we can see their slums, whereas on the background we notice the buildings of the CBD, a sign for a first step to the development. Indonesia is a poor country and now they enter in the way of globalisation, it’s why there is a gap between the population and the business center. - document 3 page 279 Some Southern countries are involved in international organizations, they create developing countries groups to become stronger together, in groups such as agriculture groups, political groups, and also economy groups. In fact for example the quad ( the USA,Canada; the E.U, Japan), is the main actor of the world trade because they are the richest. The group of 77 is less stronger because this countries are not so rich that the northern countries so they can’t compete with the quad. We can’t forget that the most powerful Transnational Companies come from the north, that’s why the northern countries keep the monopole.