Some poverty-alleviating programs involve direct payments from governments to citizens to incentivize development in specific areas, such as ensuring child health care and nutrition. This type of aid is known as ______.

A. microcredit
B. conditional cash transfers
C. unconditional cash transfers
D. microfinance


B. conditional cash transfers

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Early public research came to startling conclusions about public opinion, including:

a. many citizens held inconsistent opinions b. many citizens had surprisingly high levels of factual information c. older Americans were less informed about politics than most first-time voters d. Americans were overwhelmingly liberal on almost every political issue

Political Science

The Sierra Club and the National Wildlife Federation, which support environmental protection and wilderness programs, are examples of _______

a. intergovernmental interest groups b. primary policy-makers c. public-interest groups d. labor union interest groups

Political Science

What is an example of Google operations in Russia that Ghemawat uses to illustrate the continued importance of physical location?

a. Google supports over one hundred languages. b. Google reaches only 28 percent of Russia's market. c. Google has doubled its reach in Russia since 2003. d. Credit card transactions with Google are not allowed in Russia. e. Google set up a Moscow office and hired Russian software engineers.

Political Science

The occupational background of the largest number of the members of the 108th Congress was ____

a. business b. law c. public service d. agriculture

Political Science