very serious citation question

[redsoxliberal]

which is more correct (apologies for citing a world bank man, but it is unavoidable :(,) paragraph A, B or C?

Paragraph A:
While the federal government of India has been surging forward with its policy of economic liberalization since 1991, the Indian states have not been moving so fast. The director of the World Bank’s India operations, Michael Carter, believes that if inadequacies currently present at the state level in India were erased, the GDP annual growth rate could potentially increase 2%. Carter believes that one of the biggest problems in this regard is the local infrastructure. For example, 61% of Indian businesses have to secure their own electricity rather than relying on local electricity sources. In contrast, only 17% of Chinese businesses have to obtain independent electricity (Srinivasan).

Paragraph B:
While the federal government of India has been surging forward with its policy of economic liberalization since 1991, the Indian states have not been moving so fast. The director of the World Bank’s India operations, Michael Carter, believes that if inadequacies currently present at the state level in India were erased, the GDP annual growth rate could potentially increase 2% (Srinivasan). Carter believes that one of the biggest problems in this regard is the local infrastructure. For example, 61% of Indian businesses have to secure their own electricity rather than relying on local electricity sources. In contrast, only 17% of Chinese businesses have to obtain independent electricity.

Paragraph C:
While the federal government of India has been surging forward with its policy of economic liberalization since 1991, the Indian states have not been moving so fast. The director of the World Bank’s India operations, Michael Carter, believes that if inadequacies currently present at the state level in India were erased, the GDP annual growth rate could potentially increase 2% (Srinivasan). Carter believes that one of the biggest problems in this regard is the local infrastructure (Srinivasan). For example, 61% of Indian businesses have to secure their own electricity rather than relying on local electricity sources (Srinivasan). In contrast, only 17% of Chinese businesses have to obtain independent electricity (Srinivasan).

thanks for any help.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. If the entire paragraph is referencing the same document

you can just put a cite at the end of the paragraph

[Maddy McCall]

5. Historian here.

Yes, you cite at the end of the paragraph is most of the info contained in the P is from that source.

[billyskank]

2. I vote A, but if possible

I would say use footnotes.

[redsoxliberal]

3. okay thanks for the help/

[mike_c]

4. A is best, B is ok too, but C is awful....

I presume that all of the data is from the paper you cited-- my preference is to cite a block of info at the beginning of the block rather than the end. On the other hand, readers often attribute only the preceeding statement to the citation, but there's no good way around that problem (option C is just not readable).