Includes index and references.

Contents: History, ideologies and methods: Recognizing the development imperative -- Development: the story over fifty years -- Ideologies and methods in development economics -- Macroeconomics theories of economic growth -- The development process: landmark theories -- Governance: Governance question 1: corruption -- Governance question 2: public-sector scope, enhancement and reform -- The role and potential of civil society -- Central global questions: Globalization: Trade, trade policy, international economic relations -- Poverty, equity and well being -- Sustainable development, environmental evaluation, natural resources -- Stabilization in developing countries -- Real resources and sectoral considerations: Population and labor supply -- Migration and urbanization -- Gender and development -- Agricultural development, food supply and rural transformation -- Industrialization and development -- Building technological capability -- Finance: Domestic finance -- Elaboration of economic project-appraisal -- Foreign aid -- Loans and debt -- Foreign direct investment -- International migration and remittances -- Conclusion: Guidelines, judgements and possibilties.