So what keeps poor countries poor is developed countries and they don't want poor countries to get better because it doesn't benefit them.
basically it boils down to the western controls of FOREX
even if you looked at a african country and provided a cost of living index of rent, groceries and education
and called it X units (no mention of currency)
even if you looked at a US/EU state/country and provided a cost of living index of rent, groceries and education
and called it Y units (no mention of currency)
the us/EU would try to manipulate it so that it ended up as 10X=1Y
all so they can get labour and services at 10% of us/eu domestic cost (1Y=10X)
(10x is not a stat. its a random-demo number for this topic)and they will never change that
they will never agree on x=y equality