Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Principles and concepts -- Economics, institutions, and development -- Comparative economic development -- Classic theories of economic growth and development -- Contemporary models of development and underdevelopment -- Problems and policies : domestic -- 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 -- Problems and policies : international and macro -- International trade theory 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.

This text maintains a problem and policy oriented approach to development economics. It focuses on people and government in developing countries