(The following is excerpted from material written in 1992.)
Many researchers regard Thailand's recent economic growth, as reflected by its gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates,as an example of the success of a modern technological development strategy based on the market economics of industrialized countries. Yet by focusing solely on aggregate economic growth data as the measure of Thailand's development, these researchers have overlooked the economic impact of rural development projects that improve people's daily lives at the village level - such as the cooperative raising of water buffalo, improved sanitation, and the development of food crops both for consumption and for sale at local markets; such projects are not adequately reflected in the country's GDP. These researchers, influenced by Robert Heilbroner's now outdated develop- ment theory, tend to view nontechnological development as an obstacle to progress. Heilbroner's theory has become doctrine in some economics textbooks: for example, Monte Palmer disparages nontechnological rural development projects as inhibiting constructive change. Yet as Ann Kelleher's two recent case studies of the Thai villages Non Muang and Dong Keng illustrate, the nontechnological-versus-technological dichotomy can lead researchers not only to overlook real advances achieved by rural development projects but also mistakenly to conclude that because such advances are initiated by rural leaders and are based on traditional values and practices, they retard "real" economic development.
The author of the passage cites the work of Palmer in order to give an example of
举例的作用，先根据Palmer定位原文for example, Monte Palmer disparages nontechnological rural...举例的作用一般都是说明前文的观点 那就回到前文tend to view nontechnological development as an obstacle to progress. A 一个泰国的最近的农业发展项目 文章并非在说明这个项目 而是说明前面的人们把农业发展作为进步的阻碍 B reassess错误 文章不是想对泰国经济发展重新评价 C 一本把农业发展作为进步阻碍的经济课本 正确 D 把非科技发展看成是有益但不充分的，inefficient错误 E portrayal错误 不是在描述这个project本身
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