"fledgling economy" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
This phrase is typically used to describe a young or developing economy, often one that is just beginning to grow or gain strength. It can also refer to an economy that is not yet fully established or stable. Example: The fledgling economy of the small island nation showed promise, but it still faced many challenges and uncertainties.
Khodorkovsky and his fellow-oligarchs essentially looted their country's fledgling economy.
Policies designed to "unleash" business in a fledgling economy offer diminishing returns in a developed one.
Carol Wang '13 and three military veterans who served in Afghanistan are building Rumi Spice, a small company designed to boost Afghanistan's fledgling economy.
Those organic green beans from Kenya, for instance - good because they're organic and you're supporting a fledgling economy, but what about the air miles?
Oil production reportedly accounts for more than 95 per cent of South Sudan's fledgling economy, and the campaign group Global Witness this week warned that if rebel forces captured the oilfields, they could "effectively hold the government to ransom".
It has been a boon for the fledgling economy, providing as many as half a million jobs and generating £3bn annually, but frequent protests by increasingly assertive unions have tested the government's patience.
The term itself, once used primarily to describe the gulf between Internet haves and have-nots within Western countries, refers more and more frequently to the huge disparity in access between the world's economic giants and its fledgling economies.
Their success led to attention from economists such as Michael Porter, who noted the role of clusters and promoted them elsewhere as a way to jump start stalled or fledgling economies.Related items Face value: Europe's battered tigerJun 2nd 2005Today the impact of Chinese competition is becoming clearer.
It is, it seems, becoming de rigeur to throw mud at the fledgling sharing economy.
In 1992, as Russia went through its first painful year as a fledgling market economy, Prokhorov and Potanin started their own bank, which they called MFK.
It's a font whose development was closely linked, during the 19th century, to the emergence of the fledgling leisure economy.
