Economic development
- 8th
- Delhi Pearson Education Asia 2003
- 829p xxvii
Contents; PART ONE PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS Economics, Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective 2. Diverse Structures and Common Characteristics of Developing Nations 3. Historic Growth and Contemporary Development: Lessons and Controversies 78 4. Classic Theories of Development: A Comparative Analysis 5. Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment PART TWO PROBLEMS AND POLICIES: DOMESTIC 6. Poverty, Inequality, and Development 7. Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies 8. Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy 9. Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development 10. Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development 11. The Environment and Development PART THREE PROBLEMS AND POLICIES: INTERNATIONAL 12. Trade Theory and Development Experience Trade policy Debate: Export promotion. Import Substitution, and Economic Integration 14. Balance of payments. Developing-country Debt, and the Macroeconomic stabilization controversy 15. Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid: controversies and Opportunities PART FOUR POSSIBILITIES AND PROSPECTS 16. Development policymaking and the Role of the State 17. Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development Glossary; Name Index; Subject Index