Economic Development

Michael P. Todaro was Professor of Economics at New York University for eighteen years and Senior Associate at the Population Council for thirty years. He lived and taught in Africa for six years. He appears in Who's Who in Economics and Economists of the Twentieth Century. He is also the author of eight books and more than fifty professional articles.Stephen C. Smith is Professor of Economics and International Affairs at George Washington University. He received his PhD in economics from Cornell University. Smith is the author of Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works, co-editor of NGOs and the Millennium Development Goals: Citizen Action to Reduce Poverty, and author or co-author of some three dozen journal articles.

• 1 Introducing Economic Development: A Global Perspective2 Comparative Economic Development3 Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development4 Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment5 Poverty, Inequality, and Development6 Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies7 Urbanisation and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy8 Human Capital: Education and Health in Economic Development9 Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development10 The Environment and Development11 Development Policymaking and the Roles of Market, State, and Civil Society12 International Trade Theory and Development Strategy13 Balance of Payments, Debt, Financial Crises, and Sustainable Recovery: Cases and Policies14 Foreign Finance, Investment, Aid, and Conflict: Controversies and Opportunities15 Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development