After watching a commercial that requested 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 ascribe to?
A) stages of development theory
B) modernization theory
C) dependency theory
D) independency theory

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Joshua's assertion that poverty in Africa could be solved through birth control is consistent with the modernization theory, which emphasizes economic growth and industrialization as the primary path towards societal development. This theory often places responsibility for development on the individual actors rather than external forces.

After Watching a Commercial That Requested Viewers to Sponsor a Child