Question

In order to receive a structural adjustment loan, a nation might have to do all of the following except __________.
A.
hold free elections
B.
reduce spending in health care and education
C.
increase the privatization of some industries
D.
increase tariffs

Answer 1

A nation might have to do all of the following except **A. hold free elections**. Structural adjustment loans typically require economic reforms such as reducing spending in health care and education, increasing privatization of industries, and sometimes changing trade policies, but they do not explicitly require a country to hold free elections.