Economic Development

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This best-selling text offers a unique policy-oriented approach that uses models and concepts to illustrate real-world development problems. Revised to incorporate the latest research and data, Economic Development includes extensive country-specific examples. Throughout, the text provides students with the necessary technical coverage while maintaining its hallmark accessibility for those with little economic background. *Humanistic approach - focuses on people issues' - not abstract economic theories *NEW The seventh edition takes a detailed look at the 1997 Asian currency crises, the virtual implosion of the Russian economy, and recession in the Brazilian economy *NEW A reorganised Part II, Problems and Policies: Domestic', better reflects the continuity of human resource issues by presenting in succession chapters on population, unemployment, urbanisation, and education *NEW Updated end-of-chapter case studies and part-concluding comparative case studies allow students to apply concepts to various developing nations *NEW The significance of Indonesia in the Asian economic crises is highlighted in an all-new country case study *NEW The Seventh Edition comes with a powerfu

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• I Principles and Concepts
• 1 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
• 4 Classic Theories of Development: A Comparative Analysis
• 5 Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment
• II Problems and Policies: Domestic
• 6 Poverty, Inequality, and Development
• 7 Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, Controversies
• 8 9Urbanization 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
• 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, Developing Country Debt, and the Macroeconomic Stabilization Controversy
• 15 Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid: Controversies and Opportunities
• IV Possibilities and Prospects
• 16 Development Policymaking and the Role of the State
• 17 Finance and Fiscal Policy for the Development
• 18 Critical Issues for the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, the Environment, Africa, and International Economic Reform*
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