The income gap between the global north (the advanced economies of the core) and the global south (the developing economies of the periphery) has increased by between 170% and 270% since 1960, according to a study by ICTA-UAB recently published in the journal New Political Economy.

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-07-global-north-south-income-gap.html)

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