This house believes that a long-term trend of fast economic growth in low- and middle-income countries is better for animal welfare than a long-term trend of slow economic growth in such countries
For the purposes of this debate, a long-term trend of fast economic growth is when an economy's output or gross domestic product increases rapidly over a number of years, while a long-term trend of slow economic growth is when an economy's output or gross domestic product increases slowly over a number of years.