Economic development and growth are supposed to ______________ (1) the employment situation in a country. Much of development literature _______________(2) this idea as a major expectation at least from the long-run perspective. It is also the case that the greater the amount of ________________ (3) labour in an economy and the greater the ________________(4) of underemployment, the slower will be the pace of change in the employment structure towards more regular and protected waged forms of employment. In fact, one can only give a proper perspective to the misunderstood policy challenges of __________________ (5) in a developing economy by first examining these matters at the broadest level with existing data.

Choose the most appropriate word for blank (18) from the options below without changing the intended meaning.

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Economic development and growth are supposed to ______________ (1) the employment situation in a country. Much of development literature _______________(2) this idea as a major expectation at least from the long-run perspective. It is also the case that the greater the amount of ________________ (3) labour in an economy and the greater the ________________(4) of underemployment, the slower will be the pace of change in the employment structure towards more regular and protected waged forms of employment. In fact, one can only give a proper perspective to the misunderstood policy challenges of __________________ (5) in a developing economy by first examining these matters at the broadest level with existing data.

Choose the most appropriate word for blank (18) from the options below without changing the intended meaning.

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**Solution:**

1. The sentence discusses the amount of labour in an economy affecting employment structure.
2. The word needed should describe an excess or extra amount of labour, which fits the context of the sentence.
3. Among the options, "surplus" means an excess amount, which logically fits the blank.
4. Other options like "deprive," "revise," "discharge," and "fragile" do not fit the context of describing labour quantity.

**Answer:** (d) surplus

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