structural transformation

collocation in English

meaningsofstructuralandtransformation

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structural
adjective
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər.əl/
us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the way in which parts of a system or object ...
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transformation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌtræns.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ˌtræns.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
a complete change in the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that that thing or person ...
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(Definition ofstructuralandtransformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstructural transformation

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Agents occasionally transcend these constraints to perform constraint-defying acts that culminate in astructuraltransformation.
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Thestructuraltransformationalso placed a burden on the non-agricultural sectors because of the excessive rural-urban migration, well in excess of labour needs.
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While the speed of the abovestructuraltransformationdiffers substantially across countries, they are all moving in the same direction.
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Such policies may also facilitatestructuraltransformationby encouraging labour to move out of the farm sector.
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Over decades, development theory has been influenced by the presumption of the need for thestructuraltransformationof an economy to achieve modern economic growth.
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Although economists tend to assume that individual preferences are stable over time, they are unlikely to be so in economies undergoing massivestructuraltransformationand growth.
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Single women could not, to the same degree, benefit from the economicstructuraltransformation.
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This modernisation, which is the equivalent of development, is characterised by technological advances, high rates of growth, a rise in productivity, andstructuraltransformationof the economy, society and ideology.
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Such a positive relationship could only be achieved by thestructuraltransformationof the bourgeois and feudal societies of this region.
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In this respect, they testify to thestructuraltransformationin monetary relations brought about by the emergence of the guardian state.
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Changes in demographic composition of age and gender orstructuraltransformationof urbanization and industrialization turn out to be either negligible or less important.
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Oc is an equally legitimate output, even though it embodies a more substantialstructuraltransformationof the original.
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We are undergoing a comprehensivestructuraltransformationfrom industrial society to service and information society.
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I said in the previous debate that we needed gender-basedstructuraltransformation.
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That is why the gender mainstreaming methodology is important in supporting a kind of gender-basedstructuraltransformationthat is vital.
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The crucial question is: what are we going to do in the face of such astructuraltransformation?
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The 1975–76 report brought out the opportunities for import substitution and thestructuraltransformationof exports.
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Intense building is represented in modernisation andstructuraltransformationof cities.
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