TY - BOOK AU - Todaro,Michael P. AU - Smith,Stephen C. TI - Economic development SN - 9781405874243 (pbk.) AV - HD82 .T63 PY - 2009/// CY - Harlow PB - Addison-Wesley KW - Economic development N1 - Case Studies -- Figures -- Tables -- 1. Economics, Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective -- 2. Diverse Structures and Common Characteristics of Developing Nations -- 3. Theories of Development: A Comparative Analysis -- 4. Historic Growth and Contemporary Development: Lessons and Controversies -- 5. Growth, Poverty, and Income Distribution -- 6. Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies -- 7. Unemployment: Issues, Dimensions, and Analyses -- 8. Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy -- 9. Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development -- 10. The Environment and Development -- 11. Education and Development -- 12. Trade Theory and Development Experience -- 13. The Trade Policy Debate: Export Promotion, Import Substitution, and Economic Integration -- 14. Balance of Payments, Third World Debt, and the Macroeconomic Stabilization Controversy -- 15. Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid: Controversies and Opportunities -- 16. Planning, Markets, and the Role of the State -- 17. Financial Reform and Fiscal Policy -- 18. Critical Issues for the Twenty-first Century: Globalization, the Environment, Economic Transition, Africa, and International Economic Reform -- Glossary -- Name Index -- Subject Index ER -