The federal bureaucracy today is a mix of the patronage and merit systems, with the vast majority of positions being filled by merit. extremely wasteful and unresponsive to the public it serves. more responsive to the public at large than to the particular interests that depend on its various programs. an ineffective institution in comparison with bureaucracies of democracies with unitary systems. mostly dominated by patronage politics.

"“forty or fifty years ago, many people thought that simply transferring technologies from industrialized to developing countries would close the technology gap. now we know that technologies developed in industrialized countries may not be suitable for use in other environments. they may require a particular type of infrastructure to operate. they may need specialized parts or knowledge to mend when they break we now understand that innovative capacity must be built in different ways." - united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon based on the secretary general's comments, which of these would be most important for a country to improve? a) native literature b) transportation grid c) cultural traditions d) construction styles

Which best describes the“brain trust” franklin roosevelt promised to make part of his administration? a group of america’s most successful businessmen, who would fix the economya group of hoover’s economic advisers, who would undo previous damage to the economya group of smart advisers, who would assist roosevelt in guiding the nation forwarda group of military veterans, who would assist roosevelt in putting americans back to work

Drag and drop to identify the factors contributing to south asia high poverty rates. each phrase may be used once or not at all