CONTENIDO: Economics, institutions, and development: a global perspective. -- Comparative economic development. -- Classic theories of economic growth and development. -- Contemporary models of development and underdevelopment. -- Poverty, inequality, and development. -- Population growth and economic development: causes, consequences, and controversies. -- Urbanization and rural-urban migration: theory and policy. -- Human capital: education and health in economic development. -- Agricultural transformation and rural development. -- The environment and development. -- Development policymaking and the roles of market, state, and civil society. -- International trade tehory and development strategy. -- Balance of payments, developing-country debt, and the macroeconomic stabilization controversy. -- Foreign finance, investment, and aid: controversies and opportunities. -- Finance and fiscal policy for development. -- Some critical issues for the twnty-firts century.
