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A number of natural disasters in recent years—such as earthquakes, major storms, and floods—that have affected large populations of people have forced relief agencies, communities, and entire nations to reevaluate the ways in which they respond in the aftermaths of such disasters. ███

Intro to Topic · Problematic disaster relief response

Critics: Problem · Traditional disaster relief is ineffective and sometimes destructive

Traditional Disaster Relief · Aid is given as soon as possible with high priority on quantity of aid

The belief is that a large and rapid infusion of aid is good.

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Critics: Problem · Traditional relief itself is a problem

The large and rapid infusion of aid (personnel and materials) cannot be effectively absorbed by the disaster stricken community. Where are we going to house all these people? Where are we going to store all this stuff? Remember, our infrastructure is already strained by the natural disaster. Now it's under more pressure from this secondary "disaster" of too much people and stuff.

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Critics: Alternative Solution · Focus on long term

Prepare the disaster-prone communities by having them tell you what they need long, long before disaster strikes. That way, when disaster strikes, you'll be ready to send in the appropriate kind of aid.

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Author: Evaluation of Alternative Solution · Success depends on donors

Donors are crucial to success in the immediate aftermath of disaster but also in the long run. It's important that they too engage in dialogue with the communities.

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This is a purpose or function in context question. We can fully anticipate the answer in low-res terms. Why does the author discuss donors in the final paragraph? Because donors’ behavior is a crucial part of the solution.

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There is no evidence that donors have resisted changes to traditional disaster response efforts.

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The more accurate description of the problem would be that donors behavior is misaligned with the needs of aid recipients. But even fixing up the answer like this, it would only more accurately describe the problem. The purpose of the paragraph is to outline a solution.

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The previous paragraph already outlined one aspect of the solution: relief agencies. The purpose of this paragraph is to argue the other part of the solution: donors.

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There is no support for this. We don’t know whether donors and relief agencies “disagree on the proper response methods.”

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This is low-res wrong. The purpose of this paragraph, indeed the whole passage, is to argue for a solution, not to denigrate the solution.

PrepTest 118 - Section 2 - Passage 1 - Question 4

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