Global South
Poorer nations collectively
Global South refers collectively to countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania that are less economically developed than the industrialized nations of Europe, North America, and East Asia.
The term emerged as an alternative to "Third World" or "developing nations," emphasizing shared experiences of colonialism and economic marginalization rather than mere geography—Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere but not the Global South.
Climate negotiations often pit the Global South against wealthy polluters.
Becoming more advanced
- emergingComing into view
- third-worldLess industrialized nations
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
sovereignty · independence · self-determination · autonomy · liberation · neocolonialism · exploitation · inequality
Second-largest continent
- AsiaLargest continental landmass
- Latin AmericaRomance-speaking Western Hemisphere
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
- OceaniaPacific island collective
tropics · subtropics · equatorial · subcontinental · Amazonia · Pacific Islands · Indian Ocean · archipelago
Minimal means of living
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- ruralOf the countryside
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- microfinanceSmall loans for poor entrepreneurs
cooperatives · fair trade · extractive · commodities · labor · outsourcing · manufacturing · infrastructure
Originating in a region
- diversityState of varied elements
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- oralOf the mouth
communal · informal · grassroots · resilience · diaspora · migration · syncretism · vernacular
developing
Becoming more advanced
- emergingComing into view
- third-worldLess industrialized nations
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
decolonization · sovereignty · independence · self-determination · autonomy · liberation · neocolonialism · exploitation · inequality · disparity
Africa
Second-largest continent
- AsiaLargest continental landmass
- Latin AmericaRomance-speaking Western Hemisphere
- CaribbeanTropical Atlantic region
Oceania · tropics · subtropics · equatorial · subcontinental · Amazonia · Pacific Islands · Indian Ocean · archipelago · monsoon
subsistence
Minimal means of living
- agrarianRelating to land cultivation
- ruralOf the countryside
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
microfinance · cooperatives · fair trade · extractive · commodities · labor · outsourcing · manufacturing · infrastructure · urbanization
indigenous
Originating in a region
- diversityState of varied elements
- multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
oral · communal · informal · grassroots · resilience · diaspora · migration · syncretism · vernacular · pluralism
- World RegionsEurope, Asia, Africa, Australia, Oceania
- decolonizationanticolonialism, independence movement, independence movements, freedom fighter, anti-colonialism
- regionsregion, regions, area, areas, zone
- hemisphereshemisphere, Northern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, left hemisphere
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship
- Global Economicsfree trade, economic development, trade pacts, economic growth, trade blocs
south, global, globalization, southwest, southeast, Southern, southward, southerly, globally