community development

noun [U]

Definition

› SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY the activity of working with the people from a particular area in order to try to improve their quality of life: The city's community development director manages most of the city's business-loan programs.

(Definition of community development noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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