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adolescent fertility rate (AFR)
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the number of births per 1000 women ages 15-19
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Brandt line
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an imaginary divisionary that has provided a rough way of dividing all the countries in the world into the rich north and poor south
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Core - Periphery Model of Development
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a model that describes how economic or political and/or cultural power is spatially distributed between dominant core regions, and more marginal or dependent semi-peripheral and peripheral regions
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developed country/relatively developed country (MDC)
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a country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development
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developing country/less developed country (LDC)
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a country that is at a early stage in the progress of economic development
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development
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a process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology
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