Regional development is the provision of aid

Aid

In international relations, aid is a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another, given at least partly with the objective of benefiting the recipient country....

 and other assistance to regions which are less economically developed

Economic development

Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...

. Regional development may be domestic or international in nature. The implications and scope of regional development may therefore vary in accordance with the definition of a region, and how the region and its boundaries are perceived internally and externally.

See also

• Development aid
  Development aid
  Development aid or development cooperation is aid given by governments and other agencies to support the economic, environmental, social and political development of developing countries.It is distinguished...
  
  
• International development
  International development
  International development or global development is a concept that lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is most used in a holistic and multi-disciplinary context of human development — the development of greater quality of life for humans...
  
  
• Regional science
  Regional science
  Regional science is a field of the social sciences concerned with analytical approaches to problems that are specifically urban, rural, or regional...
  
  
• Regional development agency
  Regional Development Agency
  In the United Kingdom, a regional development agency is a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions. There is one RDA for each of the NUTS level 1 regions of England...
  
   UK
• The Globalized City
  The Globalized City
  The Globalized City: Economic Restructing and Social Polarization in European Cities is a collection of discussions and case studies of large-scale urban development projects in nine European cities...
  
  
• Aid
  Aid
  In international relations, aid is a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another, given at least partly with the objective of benefiting the recipient country....
  
  

Regional Development organizations

• European Inforegio Commission's Regional Policy Information
• UNCRD United Nations Centre for Regional Development
• OECD OECD Regional Competitiveness and Governance Division