English Dictionary

Global South

name

(geopolitics) A region prodominantly composed of the developing countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia excluding Japan and South Korea regarded as half of a socioeconomic and political divide opposite to the Global North.

The Global South is a term used to refer to developing countries in the southern hemisphere.

意味（1）

(geopolitics) A region prodominantly composed of the developing countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia excluding Japan and South Korea regarded as half of a socioeconomic and political divide opposite to the Global North.

Where and what is the Global South? If you ask people on the street, many would probably not have the faintest idea. In everyday parlance and mass media, Global South has hardly become a household term. In academic and (global) policy circles, though, the term is used with much more gusto.