Foreign Aid to the DVCs Has Been Criticized

question 19

Multiple Choice

Foreign aid to the DVCs has been criticized

• A) because it may generate economic dependence on the IACs.
• B) because it encourages the centralization of government power over the economy.
• C) because government corruption in the DVCs causes aid to be misused.
• D) for all of these reasons.

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