Economic development in the third world / Michael P. Todaro.

List of Figures, xvii -- List of Tables, xix -- Preface, xxiii -- Preface to First Edition, xxvii -- Acknowledgments, xxix -- Introduction, xxxiii -- I. Principles and concepts, 1 -- 1. Economics, Institutions, and Development Studies: A Global perspective, 3 -- 2. Diverse Structures and Common Characteristics of Developing Nations, 21 -- 3. Alternative Theories and the Meaning of Development, 61 -- 4. Historic Growth and contemporary Development: Lessons and controversies, 107 -- II. Problems and policies-domestic, 133 -- 5. Growth, Poverty, and Income Distribution, 137 -- 6. The population Debate, 179 -- 7. Economies of population and Development, 201 -- 8. Unemployment: Issues. Dimensions, and Analyses, 223 -- 9. Urbanization and Migration: Internal and International, 247 -- 10. Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development, 285 -- 11. Education and Development, 325 -- III. Problems and polices-international, 361 -- 12. Trade Theory and Development Experience, 363 -- 13. The balance of payments and Commercial Policies, 399 -- 14. Foreign Investment and Aid: Old Controversies and New Opportunities, 433 -- IV. Possibilities and prospects, 461 -- 15. Development Planning: Theory and Practice, 463 -- 16. Monetary and Fiscal policy: The Role and Limitations of the State, 501 -- 17. Global Economic Issues in the 1980s: Energy, Food, Debt, and the International Order, 537 -- Glossary, 573 -- Bibliography, 613 -- Author Index, 641 -- Subject Index, 645.