Title : | Economic development | Material Type: | printed text | Authors: | Michael P. Todaro, Author ; Stephen C. Smith, Author | Edition statement: | 11th ed | Publisher: | Boston, Mass : Addison-Wesley | Publication Date: | 2012 | Pagination: | xxvii, 801 p. | Layout: | ill., maps | Size: | 26 cm | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-13-801388-2 | General note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) | Descriptors: | Developing countries - Economic policy Economic development
| Class number: | 338.900 | Abstract: | Economic Development is the leading textbook in this field, providing a complete and balanced introduction to the requisite theory, the driving policy issues, and the latest research. Todaro and Smith take a policy-oriented approach, presenting economic theory in the context of critical policy debates and country-specific case studies so students see how theory relates to the problems and prospects of developing countries. | Contents note: | 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 policy making 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. | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=14953 |
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