developing nation

collocation in English

meaningsofdevelopingandnation

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developing
adjective
uk
/dɪˈvel.ə.pɪŋ/us
/dɪˈvel.ə.pɪŋ/
A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries, especially in Africa, Latin America, ...
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nation
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈneɪ.ʃən/
a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, ...
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(Definition ofdevelopingandnationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In addition, the median duration of stay was only 3.5 years, and the disadvantages of living in adevelopingnationwith insecure residence status may become more evident with time.
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Chestnut et al. (1997) note the uncertainties inherent in merely transferring developed country health study results to adevelopingnation, where conditions may be very different.
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Not long ago, the usual test was whether adevelopingnationhad a steel industry.
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At the end of the day, it is applied knowledge which makes all the difference between success and failure for adevelopingnation.
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The first is that in many respects it is still adevelopingnation.
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Although we may regard it as adevelopingnation, it is not comparable in most senses to other colonies that have gained independence in recent years.
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It is also alleged that the money is not being spent in the best interests of thatdevelopingnation, but is being used for corrupt practices by an illegal regime.
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Adevelopingnationthat does not, in fact, develop simply cannot remain secure for the intractable reason that its own citizenry cannot shed its human nature.
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The epidemiological transition occurs as a country undergoes the process of modernization fromdevelopingnationto developed nation status.
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Due to lack of proper equipment, maintaining adequate temperature conditions are the largest hurdle that farmers in adevelopingnationwill have to face.
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This double and sometimes even tripled the amount of rice crops per year, strengthening thedevelopingnation.
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When teaching was considered one of the most critical and prestigious careers for adevelopingnation.
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This makes the developed country capital-abundant relative to the developing country, and thedevelopingnationlabor-abundant in relation to the developed country.
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In some countries, this practice is the norm, often resulting from adevelopingnationnot having the tax structure to pay civil servants an adequate salary.
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One concern for thedevelopingnationis that eliminating child labor and replacing it with paid adult labor will increase the cost of production by 10 million dollars per year.
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