Economic Development

Economic Development, promotion of more intensive and more advanced economic activity through such means as education, improved tools and techniques, more available financing, better transportation facilities, and creation of new businesses.

For information on:

• a branch of economics dealing with the development of economies, Development Economics
• movement from agricultural to industrial economies, see Industrialization
• sustainable and practical introduction of higher technologies, see Appropriate Technology
• essential role of credit in economic development, see Credit: Function of Credit
• government agencies and activities promoting international economic development, see Foreign Aid; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; International Monetary Fund; Alliance for Progress; Colombo Plan; United States Agency for International Development; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; Economic and Social Council; European Union; Peace Corps; Southeast Asia Treaty Organization; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; United Nations: Economic Development
• United States government agencies promoting domestic economic development, see Department of Commerce; Economic Development Administration; Tennessee Valley Authority; Department of Agriculture; Federal Extension Service; Science and Education Administration
• instances of rapid economic development, see Asia: Economic Expansion; South Korea: Economy; Hong Kong: Economy
• possible limitations on economic development, see Capitalism: Outlook for the Future; Economics: Outlook for the Future
• theories of post-capitalist economic development, see Communist Manifesto; Joseph Schumpeter
• belief in a hands-off approach to economic development, see Laissez-Faire
• theory arguing that dependence on foreign capital, technology, and expertise impedes the economic development of developing countries, see Dependency Theory
• economic growth in centrally planned economies, see Economics: Central Planning; Communism: Soviet Political and Economic Development; Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Mao Zedong: Chairman Mao; Five-Year Plan; Great Leap Forward
• politicians and economic development, see James (Jim) Brendan Bolger; Houari Boumedienne; Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Chiang Ching-kuo; Chiang Kai-shek; Alfred Deakin; Deng Xiaoping; Jiang Zemin; (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt; Qin Dynasty: Economy; Qing Dynasty: Economy; Reconstruction; Song Dynasty: Economic Growth; Suharto: President of Indonesia; Sui Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty: Economy During the Zhou; Begum Khaleda Zia
• economic development in specific geographic regions, see Africa: Postcolonial Development; Central America: The Central American Republics; Europe: East-West Divisions; South America: Patterns of Economic Development
• tools of economic development, see Dam; Employment and Training Administration
• development and genocide, see Genocide: Types of Genocide