Industry and development

The process of economic growth, expansion, or realization of regional resource potential.

• Industrialization 
• Development 
• Deindustrialization 
• Growth Pole

The gap in access to communication technology that exists between MDCs and LDCs, also called the technology gap.

• LDCs
• Digital Divide 
• North/South Divide 
• Continental Divide 

The gap in access to communication technology that exists between MDCs and LDCs, also called the technology gap.

• LDCs
• Digital Divide 
• North/South Divide 
• Continental Divide 

In this stage of development technology diffuses, industrial specialization occurs

• Drive to Maturity 
• Take Off
• Traditional Society
• Technological Revolution 

A form of tourism, based on the enjoyment of scenic areas or natural wonders, that aims to provide an experience of nature or culture in an environmentally sustainable way.

• Road Trip 
• Ecology 
• Ecotourism
• Disney Family Vacation 

An organized social movement whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and promote sustainability. Members of the movement advocate the payment of higher prices to exporters, as well as higher social and environmental standards.

• Unfair Trade
• Fair Trade 
• Outsourcing 
• Humane Exporting 

A United Nations Index, introduced in 2010, which measures a country’s loss of achievement due to gender inequality, based on reproductive health, employment, and general empowerment.

• Gender Inequality Index
• Gender Equity
• Gender Development Index
• Gender Revolution 

A controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country.

• Direct Investment
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Plantation 
• Fair Trade 

The legally registered and taxed business whose profit is included in GDP.

• Informal Economic Activities 
• Secondary Economic Activities 
• Formal Economic Activities 
• Important Economic Activities 

The highly free and developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan; also known as the Tigers.

• Four Asian Pandas 
• Four Asian Kings 
• Four Asian Tigers 
• Four Asian Elephants