The government of country A has determined there is a coal shortage based on mining reports. As a result of these data, the government decreases coal exports to other nations. Access to information helped country A:
allocate resources.
limit consumption.
purchase goods.
increase sales.

A) Allocate resources

Explanation:

In a situation of scarcity of energy resources, one of the measures that governments take is the cancellation or reduction of exports to third countries and this allows a better allocation of the resources available in the country.

This has several consequences that can be summarized in two main ones:

The funds allocated to natural resources and development are generally limited. Consequently, activities must be carefully selected to produce the maximum developmental impact with the least amount of money. The application of the integrated regional energy development method in areas that meet the above criteria and therefore have a greater chance of success is an attempt to produce the maximum effect on development actions.

the answer is b, encourage free trade

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