Editorial: The Intercontinental Bank should reallocate the voting shares of its members in order to more effectively shape global economic policy. For example, China comprises about 15 percent of the world's gross domestic product but has only a 3 percent voting share, whereas Belgium, with less than 1 percent of the global economy, has a 2 percent share.

Which of the following is an assumption upon which the editorial's authors depend in suggesting a way to more effectively shape global economic policy?
(A) The United States has a larger voting share of the Intercontinental Bank than does China or Belgium.
(B) The specific allocation of voting shares factors into the Intercontinental Bank's effectiveness in shaping global economic policy.
(C) Only voting shares that are precisely proportional to each country's contribution to the global economy are appropriate for the Intercontinental Bank.
(D) The Intercontinental Bank is necessary to the maintenance of a prosperous global economy.
(E) As one of the fastest growing economies, China should have a larger voting share in the Intercontinental Bank.

Confused with OA. Will reveal later... Help needed on such CRs with general approach to handle these.

The argument is on effective shaping of global economic policy
A: talks of US- beyond the scope of the question and argument
D: Talks of the bank being necessary to propsperity of economy -nothing indicates this in the argument
E: china having greater share is not an assumption of the argument, but an implication.
C: is rewording author's argument, but it misses the important part of question- the global economy. argument is saying proportionate allocation is better, FOR SHAPING GLOBAL ECONOMY

B brings that into the picture.

I don't think you've correctly identified the conclusion.

First, in any of these 'policy proposal' questions, it is absolutely crucial to identify the *goal* of the policy. Here, a proposal is made so that the bank can 'more effectively shape global economic policy.' The conclusion of the argument is that voting shares should be changed. The assumption then is that voting shares actually matter; they affect how successfully the bank shapes economic policy, which is why B is the correct answer.

To give a simpler example, if I say 'in order to improve your GMAT score, you should do practice problems', I'm assuming that doing practice problems actually has an effect on your GMAT score.
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I replied to the other thread you linked to above. In these 'policy proposal' questions, there is a conclusion (the recommended course of action) and there is a goal (what that course of action is designed to achieve). So in the sentence above, the conclusion is that the Bank should reallocate voting shares. The goal of that proposal is to allow the Bank to 'more effectively shape economic policy'. The person making this proposal must be assuming that the proposal achieves the goal.
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Hey guys. The OA is B here.
Let me know if OE is needed.

Ian, I don't know how my quote is replaced with that of joshnsit in your reply, I said that B is the correct answer.
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Sorry about that! I quoted joshnsit's post which quoted yours, and I didn't erase the right quote tags in my post. Fixed now.
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You stand correct. I did a typo here. The source is MGMAT btw. The OA is B..

since this is an assumption type of question, the correct answer should present new information that is in the scope of the passage and that if negated, the conclusion would shatter.

(A) The United States has a larger voting share of the Intercontinental Bank than does China or Belgium.
the argument is not concerned with the fact that US has more voting shares. OFS.

(B) The specific allocation of voting shares factors into the Intercontinental Bank's effectiveness in shaping global economic policy.
if this is not true, then the argument that since C has 15% of WGDP is irrelevant, and cannot be used as an premise to support the conclusion that the voting shares should be changed. looks good so far.

(C) Only voting shares that are precisely proportional to each country's contribution to the global economy are appropriate for the Intercontinental Bank.
which shares are appropriate for the IC is irrelevant and out of scope.

(D) The Intercontinental Bank is necessary to the maintenance of a prosperous global economy.
while it might be true, the author does not assume that.

(E) As one of the fastest growing economies, China should have a larger voting share in the Intercontinental Bank.
this might be something inferred from the argument. Since inferred information cannot be the assumption, E is not correct.


after POE, the only answer choice that looks good is B.

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