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Development or developing may refer to:
Arts
Business
Biology and medicine
Adult development , between adolescence and the end of life
Child development , between birth and the end of adolescence
Development (journal) , an academic journal in developmental biology
Developmental biology , the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop
Developmental psychology , the scientific study of how and why human beings change over the course of their life
Drug development , the entire process of bringing a new drug or device to the market
Embryogenesis , or development, the process by which the embryo is formed
Human development (biology) , the process of growing to maturity
Neural development , the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system
Personal development , or self-help
Prenatal development , the process in which a human embryo or fetus gestates during pregnancy
Human tooth development or odontogenesis
Youth development
Computing
Social science
Community development , practices to improve various aspects of communities
Development communication
Developing country , a nation with a lesser developed industrial base
Development aid , financial aid given by governments and other agencies
Development geography , a branch of geography which refers to the
standard of living and quality of life of inhabitants
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 Index , used to rank countries by level of human development
Human development (humanity) , the science that seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time
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
See also
Topics referred to by the same term