The phrase "a means to development" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing methods, tools, or strategies that facilitate growth or progress in various contexts, such as personal, economic, or social development.
Example: "Investing in education is often seen as a means to development for individuals and communities alike."
Alternatives: "a pathway to growth" or "a method for advancement".
"A decade ago, architecture was seen as a means to development.
Now, says Oscar Santamaria, the head of the Central American Integration System, "integration is not seen as an end, but as a means to development".
In some circumstances, capital controls may be justified if they keep the currency cheap and promote growth.Why do the authors make such a strong case for export-led growth as a means to development in poor countries, even if it is at the expense of more open capital markets?
Such noninvasive imaging may be a means to development of therapeutic strategies that prevent HIF-1 up-regulation after chemotherapy treatments.
Tourism continues to be suggested as a potential development strategy for coastal communities, yet surf-riding tourism has received little attention as a means to achieve development goals.
President Xi Jinping champions his signature project as a means to spur development, goodwill and economic integration.
President Xi Jinping champions his pet project as a means to spur development, goodwill and economic integration.
The historical record in the United States suggests that the current emphasis on women's education as a means to economic development around the world is well placed.
Environmental protection, the Brazilians argued, must "be planned as a means to promote development and not as an obstacle...to the rising expectations of the underdeveloped world".
It rarely occurs to anyone in our culture that someone (a Trappist monk for example) might become an artist, entrepreneur, leader, or politician as a means to personal development and not the other way around.
These data also support therapeutic efforts that seek to modify gut microbiota as a means to modulate development of this disorder.
