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Taken root

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Started to be accepted

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Sustainable development

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Development which can continue over a long time

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Allocating

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Giving to be used for a particular purpose

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Development grants

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Money to help development

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Pursuing

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Following

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Eradicate

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Completely get rid of something bad

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Burden

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A heavy load that you carry

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Alleviate

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To make something bad such as pain or problems less severe

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Incur

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To experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken

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Relief

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A feeling of happiness that something unpleasant has not hapoened or has ended

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Ease

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To make or become less severe, difficult, unpleasant, painful, etc

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Restrictive practices

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The placing of unfair restrictions, e.g. Limiting imports

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Embargoes

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Total prohibitions on importing/exporting certain goods

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War-torn

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Severely damaged by a long war, especially between different groups from the same country

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Ailing

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Experiencing difficulty and problems

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Devaluation/revaluation

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Reduction/increase in value against other currencies

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Recession

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A period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad

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Emerge

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To appear by coming out of something or out from behind something

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Double-dip

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Recession which ends and then begins again after a short time

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Slump in prices

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Serious fall/collapse in prices

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Boost the economy

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Give the economy a lift