The Malagasy Development Program Described in This Chapter Illustrates the Importance

question 2

Multiple Choice

The Malagasy development program described in this chapter illustrates the importance of

• A) breaking down corporate descent groups, which are too independent and interfere with development.
• B) the local government's ability to improve the lives of its citizens, when committed to doing so.
• C) replacing subsistence farming with a viable cash crop.
• D) replacing outdated traditional techniques of irrigation with more modern ones.
• E) the top-down strategies developed by the UN.

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