Bidya Wonders Whether the Best Way to Improve the Lives

question 62

Multiple Choice

Bidya wonders whether the best way to improve the lives of the world's poor people in low-income countries is to write a book about her studies of them and distribute it in low-income countries.According to the text,why might she be worried about that?

• A) Rates of literacy among the world's poor are much lower than among wealthier people.
• B) Studies of poor populations are almost always colonizing and paternalistic.
• C) Books are not helpful ways of spreading important analysis.
• D) Only people in high-income countries can solve poverty.

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