Development economics :
xxix, 828 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Content notes : Introduction --
1. What is development? : indicators and issues --
2. State of development --
3. History of thought in development economics --
4. Impact evaluation of development policies and programs --
5. Poverty and vulnerability assessment --
6. Inequality and inequity --
7. International trade and industrialization strategies --
8. Explaining economic growth, the macro level --
9. Endogenous economic growth --
10. International finance and development --
11. Population and development --
12. Labor and migration --
13. Financial services for the poor --
14. Social assistance programs and targeting --
15. Sustainable development and the environment --
16. Common property resources and determinants of cooperation --
17. Human capital: education and health --
18. Agriculture for development --
19. Development aid and its effectiveness --
20. Institutional innovations and development --
21. Political economy and the role of the state --
22. The economics of farm households. Economic development. Developing countries - Social policy.
