Economic development /

Main Author: Todaro, Michael P.
Other Authors: Smith, Stephen C.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harlow, England : Pearson Addison Wesley, c2009.
Edition:10th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Economics, institutions, and development : a global perspective
  • 2. Comparative economic development
  • 3. Classic theories of economic growth and development
  • 4. Contemporary models of development and underdevelopment
  • 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
  • 12. International trade theory and development strategy
  • 13. Balance of payments, developing-country debt, and the macroeconomic stabilization controversy
  • 14. Foreign finance, investment, and aid : controversies and opportunities
  • 15. Finance and fiscal policy for development
  • 16. Some critical issues for the twenty-first century.