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date: 14 February 2025

economic development 

Source:
A Dictionary of Human Geography
Author(s):

Alisdair Rogers,

Noel Castree,

Rob Kitchin

The qualitative transformation of a local or national economy beyond economic growth alone. *Development more generally may be understood to include social and environmental elements as well as economic ones. Because modern economies are highly complex there is ongoing debate as to which are the best quantitative measures of economic development.... ...

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