Development I

Glossary Eurocentrism A way of thinking which assumes that the European experience is the only or the best way of achieving something and that Europe should be the model for other parts of the world to follow. Global North A term derived from the Brandt Commission’s reports in the 1980s which divided the world into two parts: North and South. The Global North encompassed the economically richer countries of Europe, the Soviet Union, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America, and Canada. Global South The collective term coined by the Brandt Commission in the 1980s to refer to the economically poorer countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The value of all goods and services produced within a national boundary. Gross National Product (GNP) The value of all goods and services claimed by the residents of a particular country, regardless of where the goods and services were produced. Post-Structuralism A theoretical approach which recognizes that knowledge is always partial and situated, rather than adopting singular interpretations of the world.