Part One Principles and Concepts 1 1 Introducing Economic Development; A Global Perspective2 Comparative Economic Development3 Classic Theories of Economic Growth and Development4 Contemporary Models of Development and Underdevelopment Part Two Problems and Policies: Domestic 5 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 Society Part Three 12 International Trade Theory and Development Strategy13 Balance of Payments, Debt, Financial Crises, and Stabilization Policies 14 Foreign Finance, Investment, Aid and Conflict: Controversies and Opportunities15 Finance and Fiscal Policy for Development