economic development
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- noun
- /ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk dɪˈvɛləpmənt/
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desarrollo económico
- The new policy aims to boost economic development by attracting investments to the region.
- promote economic development
- economic development policies
- sustained economic development
We can learn that this is such a heavy impediment to building peace and to have any kind of economic development in a country.
- We can learn that this is such a heavy impediment to building peace and to have any kind of economic development in a country.
- And that connectivity helped lead to trillions of dollars in economic development over time.
- They get to decide how are we going to which type of even economic development path are we going to choose or not.
- We study markets and, you know, the dynamics of economic development and, you know, trade and, you know, so on.
Examples
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The stability of a country's currency affects that country's economic stability and economic development in many ways.
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Alongside its security policies, the administration embraced free markets, trade liberalization, and economic development.
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Does energy use support economic development, or does economic development drive energy consumption?
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But the reality is that social and economic development will take a long time, and patience is essential.
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However, without such change, economic development in the West Bank and Gaza cannot begin.
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We seed innovation and economic development, and we enhance human health.
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PA efforts there are critical for sustainable economic development and for private-sector investment.
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Hong Kong and Macau have different political environments and are at different stages of economic development.
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As the nations of Southeast Asia move toward economic development and democratization, Burma is a clear exception.
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Iran's leadership professes to admire China's rapid economic development and its disinclination to meddle in other states' internal affairs.
Academic text (2011)
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'economic development' is transparently compositional: 'economic' relates to the economy and 'development' denotes a process of improvement, so the combined meaning 'process of improving economic conditions' is directly derivable from the constituents. This adjective+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so an average B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Economic development puts together economic (money and jobs) and development (growing or building), so you can picture a town where investments are like seeds that grow into shops, schools, and roads. So, the phrase means 'the process of making a place richer and helping people's lives get better'.