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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully and evaluate the statement that follows:

Established on May 22, 1964, by the Fort-Lamy Convention, the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) was created by four border countries: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. Central African Republic joined the commission in 1994, and Libya subsequently acceded in 2008. Headquartered in N'Djamena, the commission's primary mandate is to manage the sustainable and equitable use of Lake Chad and its water resources. Funding for the commission's operational budgets is sourced primarily from annual member-state contributions, calculated based on each country's economic indicators, rather than external donor grants or commercial water tariffs. In 2012, member states adopted a comprehensive Water Charter to regulate transboundary water allocation and preserve the basin's fragile ecosystem.

Statement: According to the passage, the operational budgets of the Lake Chad Basin Commission are mainly financed through commercial water tariffs and external donor grants.

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The statement is False.
The correct evaluation is False because the passage explicitly states that funding for operational budgets is sourced primarily from annual member-state contributions, explicitly stating that this occurs rather than through external donor grants or commercial water tariffs.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the portion of the passage that addresses the revenue and funding mechanisms of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
Found the explicit sentence: 'Funding for the commission's operational budgets is sourced primarily from annual member-state contributions... rather than external donor grants or commercial water tariffs.'
Literal comprehension relies strictly on retrieving facts directly stated in the text.
2
Compare the assertion made in the statement with the explicit facts in the text.
The statement claims funding comes mainly from commercial water tariffs and donor grants, which directly contradicts the text's explicit statement that funding comes from member-state contributions.
Evaluating a factual claim requires matching its assertions against explicit passage details.

Key Concept

Literal Comprehension and Fact Retrieval
Estimated Time:1m 0s
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