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Economic development is the increase in the standard of living in a nation's population with sustained growth from a simple, low-income economy to a modern, high-income economy.

A poor country is known as a Less Economically Developed Country, or LEDC for short. Regional development is the provision of aid and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Geography - Middle School - Development
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1. LEDCs mainly rely on what type of industry?
2. Put simply, development is countries becoming what?
3. Work such as making pottery and selling it in the street is called what?
4. Poor farmers who just grow enough to eat are called what ?
5. The percentage of adults who can read and write is called what?
6. Which of these would be an obstacle to development?
7. Which organization's Development Program created the HDI in 1990?
8. Which indicator is not used to measure HDI?
9. Why do many UK banks use call centers in India?
10. Used to measure development, what is the HDI?
11. A poor country owned by a richer one is called what?
12. Of these statements, which one is false?
13. Poor countries developing quickly are called NICs, meaning what?
14. Why do many UK banks use call centers in India?
15. A poor country owned by a richer one is called what?
16. Put simply, development is countries becoming what?
17. LEDCs mainly rely on what type of industry?
18. Goods sold to other countries are called what?
19. What means 'the difference between the value of imports and the value of exports'?
20. Which former NIC is now an MEDC?