Scholars and participants in global politics who adhere to post-colonialism and/or Dependency Theory suggest what about the origins of contemporary global poverty and inequality?

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Dependency theory and post-colonialism center on structural and historical explanations: they argue that the global distribution of wealth and power is shaped by colonialism and an enduring international economic order, not by individual failings.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Dependency theory/world-systems theory: core (developed) countries extract surplus from peripheral (developing) countries through unequal trade, investment and technology relations.  
- Post‑colonialism: highlights cultural, political and institutional legacies of colonial rule that reproduce asymmetries in power and knowledge.  
- Mechanisms: unequal terms of trade, commodity dependence, capital flight, foreign corporate control, conditional lending, and institutional arrangements that lock poorer states into subordinate roles.

2) Step‑by‑step reasoning
- Historically, colonialism organized colonies to export raw materials and import manufactured goods; this created specialization patterns favorable to metropoles.  
- Formal decolonisation removed political control but not the economic structures: trade patterns, ownership, and investment links persisted.  
- Dependencyists show that peripheral economies remain constrained — they export low-value goods, face volatile prices, and incur debt/conditionalities that limit autonomous development.  
- Post‑colonial scholars add that ideational/institutional legacies (legal systems, education, elites) reproduce inequalities and legitimize the status quo.

3) Calculations
- None required; the argument is structural and historical rather than numerical.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- Option d captures the central claim: contemporary poverty/inequality stem from an international economic structure that continues to advantage developed countries even after formal decolonisation.

5) Why other options are incorrect
- a: SDGs are policy responses/targets, not the origin of poverty.  
- b: Individual laziness is a moralizing, micro-level explanation ignored by structural theories.  
- c: Corruption can worsen outcomes but is treated by these theories as secondary or a symptom, not the primary global cause.

6) Conclusion
- Therefore, the correct answer is d: global poverty and inequality are products of an international economic structure that still favours developed countries after decolonisation.

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