Which of the following scenarios would most likely result in an increase of a country’s literacy rate? a. the french stock market crashes horribly. b. thailand builds more public and private schools. c. the gap between the rich and the poor widens in china. d. peace negotiations between north korea and south korea break down.

B. Thailand builds more public and private schools

Explanation:

As literacy rate of the country is dependent on the number of children that have the ability to read and write with understanding and this rate depends on the availability of the institutes as the schools and the colleges and the structured system of the formal education. Most developed count still lack in basic infrastructure and schooling facilities and thus have high dropout rates.

Well, a and b together would be negative. b alone would also be negative.

The correct answer is:   [b]:   "has no atmosphere" .