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TKBI IPDN - Paket 03 SELEKSI-LANJUTAN-SEKDIN TKBI - Reading Comprehension

140. Read the following passage, then answer the question below.

Allocating funding to regional programs based on measurable performance indicators is intended to reward effectiveness and discourage the persistence of underperforming initiatives. In theory, this creates a healthy incentive structure. In practice, however, performance-based funding models can generate a perverse dynamic in already disadvantaged regions: programs in areas with weaker baseline infrastructure, lower literacy rates, or more dispersed populations often show slower measurable progress not because they are poorly managed, but because they face genuinely harder starting conditions. When funding is subsequently reduced for programs that fail to meet uniform performance thresholds, the regions most in need of sustained investment are precisely those most likely to see their funding cut, entrenching rather than narrowing the very disparities the funding model was ostensibly designed to address.

The word "ostensibly" in the passage is closest in meaning to ...

Jawaban: B

Pembahasan: Jawaban memerlukan pemahaman inferensial dari keseluruhan isi passage "The Double-Edged Nature of Performance-Based Funding", bukan kutipan literal tunggal.

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