The following sentence has an underlined part for which five alternatives are given. Choose the option that is grammatically correct.

The government has announced a new policy, hoping to boost the economy by attracting investments, but critics claim that it does not address issues like lack of infrastructure and the inadequate workforce.

Option C is the correct answer.

The phrase "such as" is the appropriate choice here because it is used to provide specific examples, which aligns with the context of the sentence. The inclusion of "the" before "lack of infrastructure" adds precision, referring to a specific issue, and "an" before "inadequate workforce" is correct as it modifies the singular noun "workforce."

Option A lacks the definite article "the" before "lack of infrastructure," making the phrase less precise.

Option B uses "like," which is less formal and not suitable for listing specific examples, and "or" changes the intended meaning.

Option D similarly uses "like," which is informal, and the structure "or inadequate workforce" is awkward and lacks parallelism.