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jrubin

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In 2000, the UN adopted the Millennium Development Goals. What does the UN hope to achieve with this project?
 
  A) To set targets for basic needs globally, with a goal to cut the proportion of the world's population living in extreme poverty by half.
  B) To promote infrastructure growth in the world's poorer regions.
  C) To fund advances in agriculture for use in the developing world.
  D) To provide microloans to small businesses in the developing world in order to spur job growth and overall economic development.

Question 2

Remittances from nations like the U.S. provide opportunities for family members back home, as well as improving their quality of life, and __________.
 
  A) allowing illegal immigrants to earn citizenship
  B) helping stabilize home countries economically
  C) increasing the security of the U.S.
  D) helping destabilize home countries economically



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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