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Development
Definition
AGRICULTURAL LABOR FORCE   is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in, or around (peri-urban), a village, town or city.  
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CALORIE CONSUMPTION   Refers to the number of calories (energy content) consume  
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CORE-PERIPHERY   Core countries have high levels of development, a capacity at innovation and a convergence of trade flows. Periphery countries usually have less development and are poorer countries.  
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CULTURAL CONVERGENCE   is the change in culture that occurs as diffusion of ideas and technology increases  
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DEPENDENCY THEORY   Dependency theory is a body of social science theories, both from developed and developing nations, which are predicated on the notion that resources flow from a "periphery" of poor and underdeveloped states to a "core" of wealthy states, enriching the la  
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DEVELOPMENT   It is the way that countrys progress as time goes by.  
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ENGERY CONSUMPTION   is an index of development for the consumption of energy within a country  
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT   Foreign direct investment (FDI) is defined as "investment made to acquire lasting interest in enterprises operating outside of the economy of the investor.  
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GENDER   refers to the differences between men and women  
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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)   GDP, of a country is one of the ways of measuring the size of its economy. GDP is defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a given country in a given period of time (usually a calendar year).  
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GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP)   Total output of the U.S. economy  
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX   The Human Development Index (HDI) is the normalized measure of life expectancy, literacy, education, standard of living, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide.  
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LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT   that countries are classified into include MDCs (more developed countries) and LDCs (less developed countries)  
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MEASURES OF DEVELOPMENT   used to distinguish LDCs from MDCs. They include GDP, literacy rate, life expectancy, caloric intake, etc.  
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NEOCOLONIALISM   Neocolonialism is a term used by late 20th century critics of developed countries' involvement in the developing world.  
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PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX   The physical quality-of-life index (PQLI) is an attempt to measure the quality of life or well-being of a country. The value is a single number derived from basic literacy rate, infant mortality, and life expectancy at age one.  
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PURCHASING POWER PARITY   The purchasing power parity (PPP) theory uses the long-term equilibrium exchange rate of two currencies to equalize their purchasing power. Developed by Gustav Cassel in 1920, based on the law of one price: the theory that, in an ideally efficient price.  
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ROSTOW, W.W.   American economist and political theorist who served as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.  
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"STAGES OF GROWTH" MODEL   Stages of growth model which describes the evolution of information technology in organisations. It identifies six stages that an organisation could pass through.  
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TECHNOLOGY GAP   The technology gap exists between those who can create and innovate to produce new technologies and those who cannot.  
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