progression, advancement, advance, build, shape up, build up, get along, come on, work up, go on, more...

regression, decline, setback, deterioration, retrogression

developmental, linear, evolutionary, revolutionary, gradual, sudden, leaps and bounds, exponential, more...

economic, rapid, social, further, little, technological, slow, great, considerable, human, technical

move past,   make advances,   way forward,   to advance,   go smoothly,   forward momentum,   make its way,   keep moving forward,   advance or act,   right track