Planners hoped growth would reach the poorest gradually. What was this idea called?
ABasic needs
BGreen growth
CTrickle down
DBottom up
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Trickle down
1. Prosperity was meant to trickle down.
2. It was hoped inequality would fall.
3. Critics say the gap widened instead.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Political Theory, Chapter 10, Development._
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