It has also been argued that civil society is biased towards the global north.
The "global north" (I presume this to mean the Northern Hemisphere) has 90% of the world's population.
It is typically higher in developing countries, but has become a problem in countries around the world, including those in the global north.
The economic recession had a big affect on the current rate of youth unemployment in the global north.
The distribution of online knowledge is heavily weighted towards the global north.
The global north produced, consumed and controlled much of the world's codified knowledge, while the global south was largely left out.
It is not uncommon for donors in the global north to fund capacity building for NGOs themselves.
There is a massive inbalance between those in the global north who consume the vast quantity of resources and those in the south.
The industrial countries of the global north are almost universally less restrictive in their abortion laws.
Not only that, the Catholic hierarchy has lobbied governments in the global north against the inclusion of funding for condoms in development aid programs.