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The Basics
System Actors States International organizations
• Intergovernmental Organizations Global , regional
• Nongovernmental Organizations Global, regional, national, local
Multinational corporations (MNCs) Nations Religious groups Terrorist networks Leaders, prominent individuals¤
Global Institutions MNCs IGOs
• IMF• WB• GATT WTO• OECD• G8 now G20
NGOs• Representation by GS• Representation on behalf of GS
Global DivideGlobal North Advanced Industrialized Countries ~ 33 countries
Global South ~162 countries = 83 % of world Very diverse
• Emerging Economies• Countries in Transition (CITs)• Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)¤
Global North
Global North Source: IMF
Australia Sweden San Marino
Germany Canada United Kingdom
Malta Iceland Denmark
South Korea Norway Italy
Austria Switzerland Singapore
Greece Cyprus United States
Netherlands Ireland Finland
Spain Portugal Japan
Belgium Luxembourg Slovakia
Slovenia Czech Republic France
New Zealand Israel Estonia
*Hong Kong, Taiwan
5 Categories of the
Global South
Emerging Markets• Who are they?• Growth• Greater % of people =middle class(>$10/day)
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15172941
Emerging Economies Source: IMF
Brazil Poland Hungary
Mexico South Africa Mexico
Chile China Colombia
Argentina Bulgaria Indonesia
Malaysia Morocco Pakistan
Peru Philippines Romania
Russia Thailand Turkey
Czech Republic
Slovakia
United Arab Emirates
Estonia Latvia, Lith,
Countries in Transition (CITs)
2. Countries in Transition (CITs)• Central and Eastern European (East bloc
Soviet satellites)• Former Soviet Republics (FSRs)• Growth rates differ
Countries in Transition (CITs)6= Emerging (Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Russia)
5 Categories of GS Countries
3. Quasi-states• Not self-sufficient• 138 of 194 states= 71% are quasi-states
http://geocurrents.info/economic-geography/a-global-northsouth-division-in-the-demic-framework
LLCs, HIPCs4. Least Developed Countries (LLDCs)
• US (GDP per capita=ranks 10th) at ~$46,500 • Average GDP per capita of LLDCs at $750
Burundi , Congo, Somalia at $200 GDP per capital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita
5. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs)• 40 countries, with 29 of those located in sub-Saharan
Africa • Debt relief- HIPCs qualify
36 accepted full or partial relief ~$72 B• Reliance on single cash crops
Cotton accounts for 46% of Mali’s exports
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Source: WB
Afghanistan Benin Bolivia Burkina Faso
Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic
Republic of Congo
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Ethiopia The Gambia Ghana
Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras
Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali
Mauritania Mozambique Nicaragua Niger
Rwanda Sao Tome Principe
Senegal Sierra Leone
Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia
Chad Comoros Cote d’Ivoire Guinea
Eritrea Somalia Sudan
Global North Global SouthIndustrialized Few industrialized
Donors of foreign aid Rely on foreign aid
Well-developed physical infrastructure
Poorly developed physical infrastructure
Exporters of technology Rely on technology imports
Economic diversity: merchandise & service
Rely on primary resources
Extract resources Rely on GN to process raw goods
Well-developed civil institutions
Poorly-developed institutions
Transnational Issues Political Security Economic Socio-cultural Environmental Health Energy¤
Zero v. Positive Sum Outcomes
Zero-sum Outcome• Win/lose
Positive-sum Outcome• Win/win
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