How Rich Countries Keep Poor Countries In Poverty (and why)?

Rich countries keep poor countries in poverty by taking more from them than they give back, like a big kid always taking candy from a smaller kid and not sharing.

Imagine you have a lemonade stand, and your neighbor has one too. You both sell lemonade, but yours is bigger and better because you get to use special ingredients, while your neighbor uses old lemons and doesn’t even have a sign. That’s kind of like how rich countries work with poor ones, they get the best stuff, and the poor country gets stuck with the leftovers.

Rich countries often make agreements that seem fair at first, like trading goods or helping with money. But these agreements are usually made in a way that helps the rich more than the poor. For example, rich countries might sell their products to poor countries for less money than they should get.

This keeps the poor country stuck in poverty because they can’t build up enough to be rich like the other country. It’s like always being the smaller kid, you never get to taste the best candy.