Economic Development

by Todaro, Michael P.; Smith, Stephen C.

• ISBN13: 9780321311955
• ISBN10: 0321311957
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Summary

Todaro and Smith believe that development economics should foster a student’s ability to understand real problems faced by developing countries. Unlike other texts, Economic Development, Ninth Edition, introduces economic models within the context of countries and issues, so that students learn to analyze and engage in ongoing policy debates.

Table of Contents

Principles And Concepts

Economics, Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective

Comparative Development: Differences and Commonalities among Developing Countries

Classic Theories of Economic Development

Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment

Problems And Policies: Domestic

Poverty, Inequality, and Development

Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, 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

Political Economy and the Roles of Market, State, and Civil Society in Development

PRoblems And Policies: International And Macro

Trade Theory and Development Experience

The Trade Policy Debate: Export Promotion, Import Substitution, and Economic Integration

Balance of Payments, Developing Country Debt, and Issues in Macroeconomic Stabilization

Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid: Controversies and Opportunities

Financial Reform and Fiscal Policy

Critical Issues for the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Technology Transfer, the Environment, Africa, and International Economic Reform

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