The knowledge and competence gap between West and rest has widened despite global communication.

Evidence

The enormous gap between the Western countries and the rest of the world, not only and not primarily in riches but in education, technical know-how, and general competence, has plagued international relations ever since the beginnings of genuine world politics. And this gulf, far from decreasing in recent decades under the pressure of the rapidly developing communication systems and the resulting shrinkage of distance on the earth, has constantly grown and is now assuming truly alarming proportions. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 31

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the development-gap critique that later postcolonial and dependency theorists build on.