Which of the following is a reason that the Madagascar project to increase rice production was successful?
A. Malagasy leaders were of "the people" and were therefore prepared to follow the descent-group ethic of pooling resources for the good of the group as a whole.
B. The elites and the lower class were of different origins and thus had no strong connections through kinship, descent, or marriage.
C. There is a clear fit between capitalist development schemes and corporate descent-group social organization.
D. The project took into account the inevitability of native forms of social organization breaking down into nuclear family organization, impersonality, and alienation.
E. The educated members of Malagasy society are those who have struggled to fend for themselves and therefore brought an innovative kind of independence to the project.
Answer: A
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