It therefore stands to reason that the centralized systems are likely to receive poorer inflows of information, resulting in less efficiency that the decentralized, for the geographical, cultural and conceptual distance that separates program managers from the more vulnerable group is less as this often is what creates the deficiencies in statistical flow in the feed-back and information base by the time legs in analysis and response. Centralized management of social services is always, therefore, likely to be less efficient and less responsive to the needs of the vulnerable, mainly because they lack flexibility. To this can be added the general lack of empathy felt for the disadvantaged which is always a danger in the larger system.Which of the following best expresses the author's purpose in writing this passage?

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