Table of Contents

• I. Principles and Concepts
• 1. Introducing Economic Development: A Global Perspective
• 2. Comparative Economic Development
• 3. Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development
• 4. Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment
• II. Problems and Policies: Domestic
• 5. Poverty, Inequality, and Development
• 6. Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies
• 7. Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy
• 8. Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development
• 9. Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development
• 10. The Environment and Development
• 11. Development Policymaking and the Roles of Market, State, and Civil Society
• III. Problems and Policies: International and Macro
• 12. International Trade Theory and Development Strategy
• 13. Balance of Payments, Debt, Financial Crises, and Stabilization Policies
• 14. Foreign Finance, Investment, Aid, and Conflict: Controversies and Opportunities
• 15. Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development