Development has meaning in several contexts:

• Biological development of embryos in the context of developmental biology
• Child development or post-natal human development (pediatrics, etc)
• Personal development (New Age self improvement)
• Economic development in economics and international relations
• Human development - to improve the health, education and range of choices of human beings, notably in the least-developed countries.
• The development process in movie making, aimed at getting a project greenlit
• Land development or Housing development
• Urban development in urban planning
• Technology development in industry, as in Software development
• Corporate development i.e., fund-raising
• Employee development in business and industry
• Development of computer software, as in software engineering
• Musical development
• International development, the effort to assist citizens and governments (usually of poorer countries) to improve their lives.
• Development is also a nu-metal album by Nonpoint.

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