Questão 1728211

• Banca: ESAF
• Órgão: ESAF
• Ano: 2015
• Provas: ESAF - 2015 - ESAF - Analista de Planejamento e Orçamento - Conhecimentos Gerais
• Disciplina: Inglês
• Assuntos: Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Text 2

Read text 2 and chose the best answer to questions 25 to 27 below:

                                                                                       The United Nations`s (UN`s) Third International

                                                                                 Conference on Financing for Development in Addis                                                                                                                                                         Ababa

      The Addis Ababa Conference brings together governments, businesses and civil society to mobilize the resources needed to implement the UN`s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs - the foundation of the post- 2015 development agenda) and a new global climate agreement, both of which are due later this year. The Addis Conference is an opportunity for policymakers to turn rhetoric into action, by agreeing on the funding and fi nancial tools that can put the SDGs within reach.

      The good news is that many of the solutions, technologies, and skills needed to achieve these global goals already exist. One important factor is the transition from cash to digital payments. There is growing evidence that digitizing payments boosts transactional effi ciency, reduces costs, improves transparency and accountability, unlocks domestic resources, and drives fi nancial inclusion in the places that need it most.

      In Mexico, the government trimmed its spending on wages, pensions, and social welfare by 3.3% annually, or nearly US$1.3bn, by centralizing and digitizing its payments;

      In India, a McKinsey study estimates savings for the government of over US$22bn annually through automated payments that help reduce transaction costs and fraud.

      Not only can digital payments deliver major cost savings in straightened fiscal times, they also offer governments a rare boost on the revenue side of national ledgers. By bringing more people and businesses into the formal economy, digital payments can vastly expand a country`s tax base, providing new funds to invest in the drivers of productivity and growth.

      The financial exclusion of so many people and businesses – all potential sources of economic growth – makes no sense, particularly at a time when growth is now slowing in much of the developing world. Figures like these also demonstrate why drafts on the Addis Accord prepared in advance of the conference repeatedly call for greater financial inclusion, including for women and SME (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises).

                                                                  The Economist (Source: http://www.economistinsights.com/

                                                                              technologyinnovation/opinion/cashing-out - adapted)

According to the text

• A. people and businesses are thought to be sources of economic growth.
• B. economic growth is now what it used to be in the past.
• C. drafts of the Addis Accord prepared beforehand did not consider financial inclusion of some possibilities (women and SMEs).
• D. excluding people and businesses from economic growth is something to be expected and praised.
• E. two billion individuals are excluded from financial services.

Gabarito: A

Comentários

• Gabarito Letra A
  
  
  "people and businesses are thought to be sources of economic growth" é a mesma coisa que dizer que "as pessoas e empresas são consideradas como fontes de crescimento econômico" esse seguimento encontra fundamento nessa liha do texto:
  
  

  "The financial exclusion of so many people and businesses – all potential sources of economic growth – makes no sense"
  
  bons estudos
  

• Não entendi mesmo o erro da letra C! alguem poderia me explicar??

• A letra C relata exatamente o oposto do texto. "Figures like these also demonstrate why drafts on the Addis Accord prepared in advance of the conference repeatedly call for greater financial inclusion, including for women and SME (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises)."

  Na alternativa C, a locução  DID NOT CONSIDER deixa o item como errado.
  

• De acordo com o texto

  a) people and businesses are thought to be sources of economic growth.

  as pessoas e as empresas foram concebidas para serem as fontes do crescimento econômico.

  b) economic growth is now what it used to be in the past.

  o crescimento econômico é agora o que costumava ser no passado.

  c) drafts of the Addis Accord prepared beforehand did not consider financial inclusion of some possibilities

  (women and SMEs).

  rascunhos do Acordo Addis preparados antecipadamente não consideraram a inclusão financeira de algumas

  possibilidades (mulheres e PMEs).

  d) excluding people and businesses from economic growth is something to be expected and praised.

  excluir pessoas e empresas do crescimento econômico é algo a ser esperado e elogiado.

  e) two billion individuals are excluded from financial services.

  dois bilhões de pessoas estão excluídas dos serviços financeiros.

  Comentários:

  Letra A - Correta. O último parágrafo do texto comenta:

  The financial exclusion of so many people and businesses – all potential sources of economic growth – makes no

  sense, particularly at a time when growth is now slowing in much of the developing world.

  A exclusão financeira de tantas pessoas e empresas - todas fontes potenciais de crescimento econômico - não

  faz sentido, especialmente num momento em que o crescimento está desacelerando em grande parte do mundo

  em desenvolvimento.

  Assim, ficou evidente que as pessoas e as empresas foram concebidas para serem as fontes do crescimento

  econômico.

  Letra B - Errada. O crescimento está desacelerando em grande parte do mundo em desenvolvimento (growth is

  now slowing in much of the developing world), portanto não é mais o que costumava ser no passado.

  Letra C - Errada. O último parágrafo do texto fala:

  Figures like these also demonstrate why drafts on the Addis Accord prepared in advance of the conference

  repeatedly call for greater financial inclusion, including for women and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.

  Os projetos relativos ao Acordo Addis, preparados antes da conferência, clamam repetidamente para uma

  maior inclusão financeira, inclusive mulheres e as Pequenas e Médias Empresas.

  Letra D - Errada. The financial exclusion of so many people and businesses – all potential sources of economic growth

  – makes no sense (A exclusão financeira de tantas pessoas e empresas - todas fontes potenciais de crescimento

  econômico - não faz sentido).

  Letra E - Errada. O texto não fala nada sobre o número de pessoas excluídas dos serviços financeiros.

  Gabarito: A