Q4052 – Língua Inglesa – Fundação Getulio Vargas 2012

Note: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is celebrating its 50th anniversary, but its roots go back to the rubble of Europe after World War II. Determined to avoid the mistakes of their predecessors in the wake of World War I, European leaders realised that the best way to ensure lasting peace was to encourage co-operation and reconstruction, rather than punish the defeated.

(adapted from http://www.oecd.org)

The word that has the same meaning as "fostering" in "fostering these developments" (line 35) is