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  2. Industrial society - Wikipedia

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    Industrial societies use external energy sources, such as fossil fuels, to increase the rate and scale of production. [2] The production of food is shifted to large commercial farms where the products of industry, such as combine harvesters and fossil fuel-based fertilizers , are used to decrease required human labor while increasing production.

  3. Industrialisation - Wikipedia

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    The effect of industrialisation shown by rising income levels in the 19th century, including gross national product at purchasing power parity per capita between 1750 and 1900 in 1990 U.S. dollars for the First World, including Western Europe, United States, Canada and Japan, and Third World nations of Europe, Southern Asia, Africa, and Latin America [1] The effect of industrialisation is also ...

  4. Newly industrialized country - Wikipedia

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    Newly industrialized countries can bring about an increase of stabilization in a country's social and economic status, allowing the people living in these nations to begin to experience better living conditions and better lifestyles.

  5. List of countries by industrial production growth rate

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    This is a list of countries by industrial production growth rate mostly based on The World Factbook, [1] as of September 2024.. A colour-coded map showing countries or territories by industrial production growth rate in 2017 in percentages, based on data from The World Factbook.

  6. Economy of East Asia - Wikipedia

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    To promote industrialization, the government decided that, while it should help private business to allocate resources and to plan, the private sector was best equipped to stimulate economic growth. The greatest role of government was to help provide the economic conditions in which business could flourish.

  7. History of industrialisation - Wikipedia

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    One outcome of this was an increase in the overall amount of energy consumed within the economy, a trend which has continued in all industrialised nations to the present-day. [ 7 ] The accumulation of capital allowed investments in the scientific conception and application of new technologies , enabling the industrialisation process to continue ...

  8. Developed country - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. Country with a developed economy and infrastructure "Industrial nation" redirects here. For the magazine, see Industrialnation. Not to be confused with Developing country. For the investing classification, see Developed market. Developed countries (IMF) Developing countries (IMF) Least ...

  9. Three-sector model - Wikipedia

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    Three sectors according to Fourastié Clark's sector model This figure illustrates the percentages of a country's economy made up by different sector. The figure illustrates that countries with higher levels of socio-economic development tend to have less of their economy made up of primary and secondary sectors and more emphasis in tertiary sectors.