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Todaro Michael P.

Economic Development/ Michael P. Todaro, Stephen C. Smith. - 12th Edition - Harlow, England : Pearson Education Limited, c2015 - xxvii, 860p.: Coll, ill.: 28cm

Brief Content

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



Includes Glossary: p.826-838, Index : p.839-860

ISBN: 9781292002972 (Print) 9781292003009 (PDF) 9781292002989 (eText)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics
Ecomic Development
Development

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9 / TOD