What is Meant by Global North vs Global South

At Findlay House Global, we consider the Global North and Global South binaries to be the least problematic way to distinguish the relative wealth between countries and continents, although geographically inaccurate.

The vast majority of other “versus” binary terms related to Development, for example -

First World vs Third World.

Developed vs. Developing.

Industrial vs Agrarian.

High Income vs Low Income.

are packed with value judgments. Those categories inherently suggest that countries in one category, for instance “First World”, are better than countries in the other.

We acknowledge that looking at international development using binaries on a whole is problematic.