The Influence of Poverty on Human Trafficking in Contemporary International System: Impact on Third World Countries

Abstract

This paper examined the influence of poverty on human trafficking in contemporary international system and its impacts on third world countries. Poverty was seen as the single most important factor that caused human trafficking. The theoretical framework adopted was Paul Prebiseb dependency theory. This theory stated that the dependence of third world countries on developed countries is the main cause of underdevelopment and poverty of the third world countries. This is so because the developed countries control and dominate the international capitalist economy and thus create policies and initiatives that impoverish third world countries thus necessitating migration from third world countries to the first world countries. The study argued that poverty contributed greatly to human trafficking. ...