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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/12 · May/June 2017 · Q171 Mark

What is an example of direct public provision of goods and services?

Acharity hospital funded by public donations that offers free treatment to the rural poor
Bmobile government library that travels to rural villages offering access to books
Cpharmacy in a local shopping centre that provides treatment direct to the public
Dprivate school that offers free places to children of low income families

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B: mobile government library that travels to rural villages offering access to books

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Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, May/June 2017 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 17.

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