THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (A). THE PASSAGE EXPLAINS HOW AND WHY THE VA...

26. The correct answer is (A). The passage explains how and why the various groups

named in choices (B) through (E) have a stake in the current forms of aid.

Environmentalists are not among them. In fact, in the first paragraph, the passage

indicates that bankers, governments, and others should adopt the environmentalist

philosophy of “small is better” in order to combat poverty more effectively. The

implication here, if any, is that environmental groups would be philosophically opposed

to the current forms of aid.