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1. NEW! Updated statistics. Change continues to be very rapid in the developing world. Throughout the text, data and statistics have been updated to reflect the most recent available information at the time of revision, typically 2011 or 2012, sometimes 2013.
2. Teaches economic development within the context of country-specific examples so that theory is demonstrated through real-world issues.
3. Adopts a problem-and policy-oriented presentation to foster students’ ability to understand contemporary economic problems and to reach independent and informed conclusions.
4. Uses the best and most recent available data and the appropriate theoretical tools to illuminate common problems of developing countries.
5. Focuses on a wide range of developing countries, not only as independent nation-states but also in relation to one another and in their interactions with rich nations.
6. Recognizes the necessity of treating the problems of development and underdevelopment from institutional, structural, and market perspectives.
7. Views development and underdevelopment in both domestic and international contexts, stressing the increasing interdependence of the world economy.
8. Considers the economic, social, and institutional problems of underdevelopment as closely interrelated and requiring coordinated solutions at local, national, and international levels.
作者簡介
Michael P. Todaro
現職：New York University
Stephen C. Smith
現職：George Washington University
PART I: PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
Ch 1 Introducing Economic Development; A Global Perspective
Ch 2 Comparative Economic Development
Ch 3 Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development
Ch 4 Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment
PART II: PROBLEMS AND POLICIES: DOMESTIC
Ch 5 Poverty, Inequality, and Development
Ch 6 Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies
Ch 7 Urbanisation and RuralUrban Migration: Theory and Policy
Ch 8 Human Capital: education and Health in Economic Development
Ch 9 Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development
Ch10 The Environment and Development
Ch11 Development Policymaking and the Roles of Market, State, and Civil Society
PART III:PROBLEMS AND POLICIES:INTERNATIONAL AND MACRO
Ch12 International Trade Theory and Development Strategy
Ch13 Balance of Payments, Debt, Financial Crises, and Stabilization Policies
Ch14 Foreign Finance, Investment, Aid and Conflict: Controversies and Opportunities
Ch15 Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development
