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Globalisation and the North/South Divide: An Overview

In: Handbook On International Political Economy

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  • Thomas W. D. Davis

    (University of Melbourne, Australia)

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'North' and 'South' have been established terms of use in debates about international political economy since the 1960s. In their most basic form the terms are regarded as a shorthand for distinguishing 'rich countries' from 'poor countries'. 'The North' is taken to include the industrialised, high-per-capita income, national political economies of which the majority are located in the Northern Hemisphere. 'The South' describes those countries with high levels of poverty and comparatively low levels of industrialisation, large numbers of which exist in the Southern Hemisphere…

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  • Thomas W. D. Davis, 2012. "Globalisation and the North/South Divide: An Overview," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Ralph Pettman (ed.), Handbook On International Political Economy, chapter 15, pages 231-247, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    1. Boon, L.N. & Brière, M. & Rigot, S., 2018. "Regulation and pension fund risk-taking," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 23-41.

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