Advisor Moreno: A regional development foundation should direct more of its grants toward broad-based business-skills workshops in low-income towns, along with small equipment loans and shared high-speed internet facilities. Advisor Patel: Many publicly funded business-training programs have produced disappointing results. A town with struggling local businesses may benefit more from reliable high-speed internet access than from another broad-based training program. Once local firms can reach more customers and suppliers online, they are likely to encounter specific challenges as they expand their businesses. Their owners will then be better able to identify the skills they need and more willing to pay for training tailored to those needs. On the basis of the information provided, select Funding shift for the policy change that follows from Patel’s reasoning but conflicts with Moreno’s recommendation, and select Rationale for the statement that most directly explains why Patel would support that funding shift. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Advisor Moreno: A regional development foundation should direct more : Two-part Analysis (TPA)

Funding shift	Rationale
		The foundation should reduce its spending on equipment loans and shared high-speed internet facilities.
		The foundation should increase its spending on broad-based business-skills workshops.
		The foundation should direct a smaller share of its funding to broad-based business-skills workshops.
		Training selected and paid for by local firms is more likely to be tailored to those firms’ specific business needs.
		High-speed internet projects are more likely to succeed when local firms pay for them.
		Equipment loans are effective only when accompanied by business training.