developmentalist

Examples

• All

• As a dedicated developmentalist, she worked tirelessly to improve education policies in underserved communities.

• First, the developmentalists missed the chance to restore a stable political system in postwar Argentina.

  Academic text (1997)

• The promise of the developmentalist approach faded almost as quickly as it had emerged.

  Academic text (1991)

• Thailand has more recently adopted the developmentalist option to accommodate the pressures of reform and crisis.

  Academic text (2003)

• Decades of developmentalist policy, however, had left the public steel mills heavily indebted.

  Academic text (1998)

• Singapore has long been characterized by a developmentalist philosophy that privileges economic development above other considerations.

  Academic text (2009)

• The study also sought to dispel certain myths and promote a developmentalist agenda.

  Academic text (1996)

• State encouragement of market mechanisms also resonates with the country's broadly popular developmentalist agenda.

  Academic text (2012)

• Given Brazil's intense fiscal crisis, however, Haddad doubted that the country could return to its developmentalist past.

  Academic text (1998)

• The construction boom during the developmentalist period spurred the process of rural-urban migration, while the green revolution modernized potato production.

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

R

reformist

vsdevelopmentalist

7 6.1

A person who wants to change political or social systems

focuses on promoting social and economic growth through policy and careful planning

P

progressivist

vsdevelopmentalist

1 7.6

A person who supports new social or political ideas and changes

focuses on promoting social and economic growth through policy rather than ideology

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Etymology