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<p><b>Dependency theory</b> is the idea that resources flow from a "<a href="page.php?w=Periphery_countries">periphery</a>" of poor and exploited states to a "<a href="page.php?w=Core_countries">core</a>" of <a href="page.php?w=Developed_country">wealthy states</a>, enriching the latter at the expense of the former. A central contention of dependency theory is that poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the "<a href="page.php?w=world_system">world system</a>". This theory was officially developed</p><p>
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