<p><b><i>Economic Development</i></b><b>, </b>the leading textbook in this field, provides your students&nbsp;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.</p>

<p>1 Introducing Economic Development: A Global Perspective <br/>2 Comparative Economic Development <br/>3 Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development<br/>4 Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment</p><p>5 Poverty, Inequality, and Development<br/>6 Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes,Consequences, and Controversies<br/>7 Urbanisation and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy<br/>8 Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development<br/>9 Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development<br/>10 The Environment and Development<br/>11 Development Policymaking and the Roles of Market, State, and Civil Society<br/>12 International Trade Theory and Development Strategy<br/>13 Balance of Payments, Debt, Financial Crises, and Sustainable Recovery: Cases and Policies<br/>14 Foreign Finance, Investment, Aid, and Conflict: Controversies and Opportunities<br/>15 Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development</p>

<p><b><i>Economic Development</i></b><b>, </b>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.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b></b>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Stephen D. Smith

Michael P. Todaro

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