A World Bank Program in a Poor Nation Aimed to Provide

Multiple Choice

A World Bank program in a poor nation aimed to provide clean water access to impoverished people in remote areas. In the past 10 years, the availability of clean water has increased due to the program, but half the population in rural areas still lacks access to clean water. Thus, the program is a failure.
The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

A) Fails to consider that even if the program hasn't improved clean water access for everyone, it has increased water access for at least some of its intended beneficiaries.
B) Overlooks the possibility that conditions outside of the World Bank's control could have prevented the full success of the program.
C) Presumes, without providing justification, that the program failed due to problems with its implementation and not due to the program design itself.
D) Takes for granted that if a program does not succeed in one country, it cannot succeed elsewhere.
E) Presumes, without providing justification, that providing services for those in rural areas is more difficult than for those in urban areas.