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| A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology |
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| A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development |
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| A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development |
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| Indicator of level of development for each country, constructed by the united nations, combing income, literacy, education and life expectancy |
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| The value of the total output of goods and services producedin a country in a given time period |
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| The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from earths surface |
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| The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming and assembling raw materials |
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| the portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities. sometimes extended to the provision of all goods and services to people in exchange for payment |
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| The value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it |
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| The gross value of the product minus the cost of raw material and energy |
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the percentage of a country's people who can read and write
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| Compares the level of development of woman with that of both sexes |
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| Compares the abillity of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making |
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| Rostows development model |
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| A 5 stage model of development |
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| An international body founded in 1995 to promote international trade and economic development |
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| the countries Taiwan, hong kong, singapore and south korea |
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| Foreign Direct investment |
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| investing in the usa's buisnesses by foreign citizens |
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| Petroleum rich arabian peninsula states |
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| A certain number of states that main exports are petroleum |
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