Contents: Principles and concepts: Introducing economic development: A global perspective -- 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 -- Three problems and policies: International and macro: International trade theory and development strategy -- Balance of payments, debt, financial crises and stabilization policies -- Foreign finance, investment and aid: Controversies and opportunities -- Finance and fiscal policy for development.