International Monetary Fund: How Fragile States Can Gain by Strengthening Institutions and Core Capacities
Some 1 billion people across 38 fragile and conflict–affected states experience lower economic growth and are more vulnerable to shocks than those in other countries. In most cases, fragility and ...
International Monetary Fund: Poorest Countries and Fragile States Are Increasingly Falling Behind
The significant shocks that have buffeted the global economy over the past five years have weighed heaviest on low-income countries and fragile and conflict-affected states. The post-pandemic recovery ...
The Business Journals: Cascadia’s AI moment: Strengthening the Pacific Northwest’s competitive edge
If the United States is serious about a stable and resilient Indo-Pacific, it must act to strengthen its economic relationships” with the Pacific Islands, argues U.S. Rep. Ed Case.
International Monetary Fund: How to Spur Economic Growth in Africa’s Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies that face profound challenges such as stagnant economic growth, weak institutions, ...
STRENGTHENING definition: 1. present participle of strengthen 2. to make something stronger or more effective, or to become…. Learn more.
She thought the stretching and strengthening exercises might help his ailing knees. It has a strengthening effect on the immune system.
/ˈstrɛŋθnɪŋ/ IPA guide Other forms: strengthenings Definitions of strengthening noun the act of increasing the strength of something synonyms: fortification
Collocations: strengthening exercises for your [arms, legs], a strengthening [currency, force, economy], the strengthening [pound, dollar, euro], more...
strengthening, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
You can use it to refer to the process of making something stronger or more effective. For example: "The government has implemented a number of policies aimed at strengthening the economy."