Published by Pearson (December 6, 2022) © 2023
Michael Todaro | Stephen SmithProduct Information
Economic Development, the leading textbook in this field, provides you with a complete and balanced introduction to the requisite theory, driving policy issues, and latest research. Todaro and Smith take a policy-oriented approach, presenting economic theory in the context of critical policy debates and country-specific case studies, to show how theory relates to the problems and prospects of developing countries.
- 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
- 5 Poverty, Inequality, and Development
- 6 Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies
- 7 Urbanisation 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
- 12 International Trade Theory and Development Strategy
- 13 Balance of Payments, Debt, Financial Crises, and Sustainable Recovery: Cases and Policies
- 14 Foreign Finance, Investment, Aid, and Conflict: Controversies and Opportunities
- 15 Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development