TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1: Principles and Concepts

1. Economic Development
2. Comparative Economic Development
3. Economic Growth and Development Theories
4. Development and Underdevelopment: Contemporary Models

Part 2: Problems and Policies: Domestic

5. Poverty and Inequality, and Development
6. Impact of Population Growth on Economic Development
7. Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy
8. Education and Health in Economic Development
9. Transformations in Agriculture and Rural Development
10. Environmental Issues and Development
11. Development Policymaking and the Roles of the Market, State, and Civil Society

Part 3: Problems and Policies: International and Macro

12. Theories and Development Strategies in International Trade
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 Economic Development
16. Critical Development Issues for the Twenty-First Century

ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S

Michael P. Todaro was a Professor of Economics at New York University and Senior Associate at the Population Council.

Stephen C. Smith is a Professor of Economics and International Affairs and Director for International Policy at George Washington University.