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IMF development level

IMFDevelopmentLevel is a collection of Attributes representing economic development levels used by the InternationalMonetaryFund (IMF) to characterize national economies. The hierarchy of IMF levels includes: AdvancedEconomy, CountryInTransition, and DevelopingCountry. There is some, but not complete, overlap with concepts used by UnitedNations agencies. See

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Parents	economic development level	EconomicDevelopmentLevel is a subclass of EconomicAttribute containing terms used to describe the economic development level of a Nation or GeopoliticalArea. This class is further subdivided into different scales devised or used by different agencies.
Instances	advanced economy	AdvancedEconomy is an Attribute used to represent the InternationalMonetaryFund's top category of development levels (AdvancedEconomy,, countries in transition, and developing countries. Generally (but not exactly) corresponds with DevelopedCountry classification used by UnitedNations agencies.
	country in transition	CountryInTransition is a term used by the InternationalMonetaryFund (IMF) to describe the middle group in its hierarchy of advanced countries, countries in transition, and developing countries. Most of the countries with this attribute are former USSR or Eastern European countries. Generally corresponds with FormerSovietOrEasternEuropeanCountry classification used by UnitedNations agencies.
	developing country	DevelopingCountry is a term used by the InternationalMonetaryFund (IMF) for the bottom group in its hierarchy of advanced countries, countries in transition, and developing countries. Generally corresponds to the attribute LessDevelopedCountry used by UnitedNations agencies. Not to be confused with DevelopedCountry.