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Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006
CHAPTER 12The North-South Gap
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Seventh Edition
Joshua S. Goldstein
Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006
World Poverty• Terms for countries: Less-developed countries
(LDCs) or developing countries• People who die from malnutrition die because
they cannot afford to buy food• Half the world’s population has inadequate water
supply• Half of all people globally have incomes of less
than $2 a day
Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006
Why Such World Poverty?• Imperialism• Colonialism• Economic accumulation• Capitalism• Socialism• Marxism• World system theory• Core, periphery, and semi-periphery• Post-colonial dependency