Table of Contents:
- Principles and concepts
- Introducing economic development : a global perspective
- Comparative economic development
- Classic theories of economic growth and development
- Contemporary models of development and underdevelopment
- Problems and policies : domestic
- Poverty, inequality, and development
- Population growth and economic development : causes, consequences, and controversies
- Urbanization and rural-urban migration : theory and policy
- Human capital : education and health in economic development
- Agricultural transformation and rural development
- The environment and development
- Development policymaking and the roles of market, state, and civil society
- Problems and policies : international and macro
- International trade theory and development strategy
- Balance of payments, debt, financial crises, and stabilization policies
- Foreign finance, investment, aid, and conflict: controversies and opportunities
- Finance and fiscal policy for development.