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My answer is (A). It took me 01:50.

Five options should exhibit some differences / split at the beginning and at the end. For this reason, "only some people" and "to improved public and private services." should not be underlined.

(A) "from X, from Y as well as from Z" are at least parallel.
"as well as" is not a synonym for "and". This sentence should better use "and".

(B) “From X, Y, and from Z" are not parallel.

(C) "From X, from Y and Z" are not parallel.
For an alternative interpretation, "Y and Z" can be considered as one unit to be parallel with "X". But, in this case, "and" should be added: "From X and from Y and Z".

(D) "from X, Y and from Z" are not parallel.

(E) "from X, Y as well as from Z" are not parallel. Prefer "and" to "as well as".

B seems alright: only some people will be able to benefit a. from the opportunities of 1. engaging in the economy, 2. communicating and 3. establishing social networks and also b. from having access to improved public and private services.

This question for me was a hot mess though. :facepalm:
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A is the right answer
there is parallelism in communicating and establishing as well as improved public and private services, also FROM and TO are the correct prepositions to use in the sentence
A) only some people will be able to benefit from the opportunities of engaging in the economy, from communicating and establishing social networks as well as from having access to improved public and private services.

Parallelism issue in other options
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From the discussions I gather, it is okay to use as well as for listing three or more items, not as good as and but still okay. I had a misconception that as well as can only be used to list two elements.

Could anyone pls clarify?
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Using as well as and between only for two items in the sentence is correct.
But over here, communicating and establishing is the one item and improved public and private services is another one, so using as well as is correct in this sentence.
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