It is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in contexts where you are discussing the processes or efforts of achieving economic development. For example, "The government has implemented a number of policies aimed at boosting economic development."
Elected officials work with business leaders on boosting economic development through a "council of government" and a "regional growth partnership".
As well as boosting economic development in poor countries, this will help to close the "digital divide" between the communications-rich and communications-poor.
It urged the DRC and neighbouring states to work harder on reforming the security sector, consolidating state authority and boosting economic development as agreed in the 2013 Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework.
The aim must be to encourage the local elite to take a lead not only boosting economic development in their own countries, but also coalesce with their compatriots on policies known to reduce poverty.
Prussia established universal primary education by 1763, thereby creating a workforce capable of boosting economic development.Non-Western economies struggled, by contrast, often because of Western influence.
Both Mr Wolfensohn and Mike Moore, director general of the World Trade Organisation, have this week emphasised the crucial role that an open trading system can play in boosting economic development.Nor did Mr Bush point out that his new development vision, if he really intends to follow it, would require a near-revolution in aid policy from America above all.
While research has shown that pro-business market reforms can be a valuable policy instrument to boost economic development in less developed countries, the extent to which these reforms affect a country's innovativeness has been neglected in the literature.
A 2012 report for the Center for International Media Assistance showed that donor support to independent news media in developing countries boosts economic development and good governance, but such support counts for just 0.5% of overall aid to developing countries.
"Many Greeks are appalled and outraged that they are not being properly exploited to attract tourism, host cultural activities and boost economic development," she says.
