LSAT 159 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q13

RC Question 13 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Which one of the following most accurately expresses …

DISCUSSION: Passage A has two big claims:

1. Microfinance organizations like Grameen successfully resolved the problem of lending to very poor borrowers
2. Early microfinance mistakenly assumed the poor couldn’t save, an assumption disproven by BRI’s later success

Together, these points show that microfinance has worked well and can work even better when it includes savings.

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1. There’s no suggestion that Grameen is failing or declining.
2. This is true but incomplete. It leaves out the important second part.
3. Too speculative. It doesn’t predict Grameen being replaced.
4. This is one part of the passage (failed state banks vs. microcredit), but it doesn’t capture the main point and ignores the discussion of savings.
5. CORRECT. This addresses both parts: the success of microcredit and the idea that adding savings improves service.