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Community development, practices to improve various aspects of communities •
Developing country, a nation with a lesser developed industrial base •
Development aid, financial aid given by governments and other agencies •
Development communication •
Development geography, a branch of geography which refers to the
standard of living and quality of life of inhabitants •
Development plan, a local authority's policies and proposals for land use •
Development studies, examines socioeconomic growth and development, especially in developing countries, and may overlap with postcolonial studies •
Development theory •
Economic development, the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people •
European Development Fund, the main instrument for European Union (EU) aid for development • Human development (behavioral), the science that seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time, see
Developmental psychology •
Human Development Index, used to rank countries by level of human development •
International development, usually level of economic development •
Regional development, aid and assistance to regions which are less economically developed •
Rural development, the process of improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas •
Sociocultural evolution, how cultures and societies have changed over time •
Sustainable development ==Other uses==