Economic Development
6th Edition
Published on 19. September 2000
Book
Hardback
738 pages
978-0-201-42187-3 (ISBN)
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1269 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-42187-3 (9780201421873)
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Michael Todaro
Economic Development
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07/1999
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Content
I. PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS. 1. Economics, Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective. 2. Diverse Structures and Common Characteristics of Developing Nations. 3. Theories of Development: A Comparative Analysis. 4. Historic Growth and Contemporary Development: Lessons and Controversies. II. PROBLEMS AND POLICIES: DOMESTIC. 5. Growth, Poverty, and Income Distribution. 6. Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies. 7. Unemployment: Issues, Dimensions, and Analyses. 8. Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy. 9. Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development. 10. The Environment and Development. 11. Education and Development. III. PROBLEMS AND POLICIES: INTERNATIONAL. 12. Trade Theory and Development Experience. 13. The Trade Policy Debate: Export Promotion, Import Substitution, and Economic Integration. 14. Balance of Payments, Third World Debt, and the Macroeconomic Stabilization Controversy. 15. Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid: Controversies and Opportunities. IV. POSSIBILITIES AND PROSPECTS. 16. Planning, Markets, and the Role of the State. 17. Financial Reform and Fiscal Policy. 18. Critical Issues for the Twenty-first Century: Globalization, the Environment, Economic Transition, Africa, and International Economic Reform.