Acountry may prefer that localized economies play a large role in its economic policies because localized economies: a. reduce environmental risks and costs associated with shipping goods long distances. b. are not subject to tariffs and other strict types of trade regulations. c. receive greater funding from international organizations and microfinance institutions. d. are generally more attractive to multinational corporations looking to invest in a market.

The answer is A. Reduce environmental risks and costs associated with shipping goods long distances.

(A): reduces environmental risks and costs associated with shipping goods long distances.

Economic development has brought significant improvements to society as a whole, but has also brought socio-environmental problems, since the energy matrix of most countries uses polluting fossil fuels, such as oil. This has now become a major problem so that countries need to take action to reduce the environmental impact of their development, which we call sustainable development.

One such measure may be to invest in localized production that is capable of supplying a region. The positive impact of this type of action is twofold, it reduces the cost of transportation, cheapening the products, and reduces the pollution associated with the emission of fuel pollutants.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts