IELTS Reading Table Completion Example 2

B. During the 1970s, a new trend took over – trickle-up development. Instead of focusing on macroeconomic policy and large-scale industrial projects, planners shifted attention to the core living requirements of individuals and communities. This became known as the Basic Needs Approach to development. It was hoped that through the provision of services such as community sanitation and literacy programmes, poverty could be eliminated from below. Economic growth was desirable but superfluous – Basic Needs redefined poverty from involving a lack of money to lacking the capability to attain full human potential. The trouble with Basic Needs programmes, however; was their expensive, resource-intensive nature that entailed continuous management and funding

1. Industrial development
2. Poverty reduction
3. Literacy
4. Human potential

The second answer is available in para 1 and line 5; “Growth Model. Although we might expect poverty reduction to be the central objective, planners at this stage were primarily concerned with industrial development. It was hoped that the benefits”

For the third question, the answer is in the second para, line 4 “It was hoped that through the provision of services such as community sanitation and literacy programmes, poverty could be eliminated.”

For the fourth question, the answer is in the second para, line 6 and 7; “desirable but superfluous – Basic Needs redefined poverty from involving a lack of money to lacking the capability to attain full human potential. The trouble with Basic Needs programmes”