After watching a commercial requesting viewers to sponsor a child in Africa, Joshua asserts that the child poverty problem would be solved if the people in Africa would utilize birth control rather than expecting other countries to pay for raising their families. Which theory of development does Joshua subscribe to?

A) stages of development theory
B) dependency theory
C) stratification theory
D) modernization theory

Dependency Theory

Views economic underdevelopment as the result of exploitative relations between rich and poor countries.

Modernization Theory

Holds that economic underdevelopment results from poor countries lacking Western attributes, including Western values, business practices, levels of investment capital, and stable governments.

Development Theory

An extensive category of theories that seek to explain the processes, strategies, and mechanisms by which societies progress economically, socially, and politically.