Development or developing may refer to:

Arts

* Development (music), the process by which thematic material is reshaped * Photographic development * Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting * Development hell, when a project is stuck in development * Development (band), English progressive pop rock band * ''Development'' (album), a 2002 album by Nonpoint

Business

* Business development, a process of growing a business * Career development * Corporate development, a position in a business * Energy development, activities concentrated on obtaining energy from natural resources * Green development, a real estate concept that considers social and environmental impact of development * Land development, altering the landscape in any number of ways * Land development bank, a kind of bank in India * Leadership development * New product development * Organization development * Professional development * Real estate development * Research and development * Training and development * Fundraising, also called "development"

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 Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Developmental biology also encompasses the biology of Regeneration (biology), regeneration, asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and di ...

, 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

* Artificial development, an area of computer science and engineering * Software development, the development of a software product * Web development, work involved in developing a web site * Mobile app development, act or process by which a mobile app is developed *

Video game development Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game. It is a multidisciplinary practice, involving programming, design, art, audio, user interface, and writing. Each of those may be made up of more speci ...

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 plan, a local authority's policies and proposals for land use * Development studies, examines socioeconomic growth and development, especially in developing countries, and may overlap with postcolonial studies * Development theory *

Economic development In economics, economic development (or economic and social development) is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and object ...

, 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 (behavioral), the science that seeks to understand how and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time, see Developmental psychology * 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

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