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Decentralized planning is sometimes seen as a strategy to address the failures of:

AMarket economies

BCentralized planning

CSocialist economies

DCommand economies

Answer:

B. Centralized planning

Read Explanation:

  • Centralized planning often led to a lack of responsiveness to local needs, bureaucratic inefficiencies, and a disconnect from the populace, which decentralized planning aims to correct.


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