Question

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.

Answer 1

Access to information helped country A allocate resources

Answer 2

The answer is: allocate resources.

Resource allocation refers to the act of managing the usage of assets that we own in order to achieve our goal.  In order to deal with a shortage, the common strategies that the government use usually revolve around either reducing the consumption of that commodity, reducing export, increasing our own production or increasing the purchase of that resource from other countries.