Which of the following fiscal policies would most likely reduce unemployment?
a. increasing funding for local grants
b. lowering reserve requirements
c. raising taxes on small business
d. selling more government securities

A fiscal policy that would most likely reduce unemployment is: increasing funding for local grants.

A fiscal policy has to do with the decisions the government makes regarding government spending. While, a monetary policy has to do with the amount of money that will circulate in an economy. For instance, lowering reserve requirements would be an expansionary monetary policy. While, increasing funding for local grants would be an expansionary fiscal policy. In other words, the government spending would increase. Increasing funding for local grants, would increase people's consumption and therefore the aggregate demand. Once the demand is increased, producers would need more workers in order to increase the supply, and as a result unemployment rates would decrease.

despite recent progress in bangladesh in the areas of poverty and human development indicators such as literacy and life expectancy, inequalities in income and consumption rates have increased, with 32% of the population living below the poverty line.

bangladesh is one of the world’s most densely populated countries; the size of illinois, bangladesh has a population of 156 million people, half the population of the united states. despite recent progress out of poverty and increasing human development indicators such as literacy and life expectancy, inequalities in income and consumption rates have increased (undp 2005). 32% of the population lives below the national poverty line, most of whom are women and children. the prevalence of child (under 5) malnutrition is 33%, one of the highest in the world.

the disproportionate poverty faced by women and girls comes as a result of discrimination and exclusion within bangladeshi society, struggling to establish their rights and influence in decision-making processes. traditional practices such as dowries, child marriages and the relegation of being last to eat have created a demeaning and dangerous sociopolitical context for girls and women. (world vision, 2014)