目前国内市面上优秀的发展经济学教材不多，本书源于美国英文原版教材，经编审后增加忠于原文的中文注解部分，并在每章叙述完重点概念之后，都添加了相应的案例学习部分，相对于其他国内作者编写的发展经济学教材，本书更具有前沿性和实用性。
Part One Principles and Concepts（原理和概念）
Chapter 1 Introducing Economic
Development: A Global Perspective
（经济发展简介：一种全球性视角）
1.1 How the Other Half Live
1.2 Economics and Development Studies
1.3 What Do We Mean by Development?
1.4 The Millennium Development Goals
1.5 Conclusions
Case Study 1：Progress in the Struggle for
More Meaningful Development: Brazil
（案例导读1：巴西在坎坷中所取得的
发展）
Chapter 2 Comparative Economic
Part One Principles and Concepts（原理和概念）
Chapter 1 Introducing Economic
Development: A Global Perspective
（经济发展简介：一种全球性视角）
1.1 How the Other Half Live
1.2 Economics and Development Studies
1.3 What Do We Mean by Development?
1.4 The Millennium Development Goals
1.5 Conclusions
Case Study 1：Progress in the Struggle for
More Meaningful Development: Brazil
（案例导读1：巴西在坎坷中所取得的
发展）
Chapter 2 Comparative Economic
Development（发展的比较）
2.1 Defining the Developing World
2.2 Basic Indicators of Development:
Real Income, Health, and Education
2.3 Holistic Measures of Living Levels
and Capabilities
2.4 Characteristics of the Developing World:
Diversity within Commonality（发展中
国家的特点：共性中的差异）
2.5 How Low-Income Countries Today Differ
from Developed Countries in Their
Earlier Stages
2.6 Are Living Standards of Developing and
Developed Nations Converging?
2.7 Long-Run Causes of Comparative
Development
2.8 Concluding Observations
Case Study 2：Comarative Economic
Development: Pakistan and Bangladesh
（案例导读2：巴基斯坦和孟加拉国
两条发展道路的比较研究）
Chapter 3 Classic Theories of Economic
Growth and Development（古典经济
增长与发展理论）
3.1 Classic Theories of Economic
Development: Four Approaches
3.2 Development as Growth and the
Linear-Stages Theories
3.3 Structural-Change Models
3.4 The International-Dependence
Revolution
3.5 The Neoclassical Counterrevolution:
Market Fundamentalism
3.6 Classic Theories of Development:
Reconciling the Differences
Case Study 3：Schools of Thought in
Context: South Korea and Argentina
（案例导读3：发展经济学的不同
思想流派：韩国和阿根廷的案例）
Chapter 4 Contemporary Models of
Development and Underdevelopment
（当代的发展和欠发达模型）
4.1 Underdevelopment as a
Coordination Failure
4.2 Multiple Equilibria: A Diagrammatic
Approach
4.3 Starting Economic Development:
The Big Push
4.4 Further Problems of Multiple
Equilibria
4.5 Michael Kremer’s O-Ring Theory
of Economic Development
4.6 Economic Development as Self-
Discovery
4.7 The Hausmann-Rodrik-Velasco
Growth Diagnostics Framework
4.8 Conclusions
Case Study 4：Understanding a Development
Miracle: China（案例导读4：中国：
一个发展的奇迹）
Part Two Problems and Policies: Domestic（国内问题与政策）
Chapter 5 Poverty, Inequality, and
Development（贫困、不平等和发展）
5.1 Measuring Inequality and Poverty
5.2 Poverty, Inequality, and Social
Welfare
5.3 Absolute Poverty: Extent and
Magnitude
5.4 Economic Characteristics of High-
Poverty Groups
5.5 Policy Options on Income Inequality
and Poverty: Some Basic
Considerations
5.6 Summary and Conclusions:
The Need for a Package of
Policies
Case Study 5：Institutions, Inequality,
and Incomes: Ghana and C＆ocirc;te d’Ivoire
（案例导读5：制度、不平等与
收入：加纳和科特迪瓦）
Chapter 6 Population Growth and
Economic Development: Causes,
Consequences, and Controversies （人口
增长与经济发展：原因、后果及争议）
6.1 The Basic Issue: Population Growth and
the Quality of Life 175
6.2 Population Growth: Past, Present,
and Future
6.3 The Demographic Transition
6.4 The Causes of High Fertility in
Developing Countries:The Malthusian
and Household Models
6.5 The Consequences of High Fertility:
Some Conflicting Perspectives
6.6 Some Policy Approaches
Case Study 6：Population, Poverty, and
Development: China and India
（案例导读6：中国和印度的
人口、贫困和发展）
Chapter 7 Urbanization and Rural-
Urban Migration: Theory and
Policy（城市化和城乡迁移的
理论和政策）
7.1 The Migration and Urbanization
Dilemma
7.2 The Role of Cities
7.3 The Urban Giantism Problem
7.4 The Urban Informal Sector
7.5 Migration and Development
7.6 Toward an Economic Theory of
Rural-Urban Migration
7.7 Summary and Conclusions:
A Comprehensive Migration and
Employment Strategy
Case Study 7：Rural-Urban Migration
and Urbanization in Developing
Countries: India and Botswana
（案例导读7：从农村向城市
迁移，发展中国家的城市化
进程：印度和博茨瓦纳）
Chapter 8 Human Capital: Education and
Health in Economic Development
（人力资本：经济发展中的教育和
健康）
8.1 The Central Roles of Education
and Health
8.2 Investing in Education and Health:
The Human Capital Approach
8.3 Child Labor
8.4 The Gender Gap: Discrimination in
Education and Health
8.5 Educational Systems and
Development
8.6 Health Measurement and
Distribution
8.7 Disease Burden
8.8 Health, Productivity, and Policy
Case Study 8：Pathways out of Poverty:
Progresa/Oportunidades（案例
导读8：走出贫困：墨西哥人
类发展计划）
Chapter 9 Agricultural Transformation
and Rural Development（农业转型与
农村发展）
9.1 The Imperative of Agricultural
Progress and Rural Development
9.2 Agricultural Growth: Past Progress
and Current Challenges
9.3 The Structure of Agrarian Systems
in the Developing World
9.4 The Important Role of Women
9.5 The Microeconomics of Farmer
Behavior and Agricultural
Development
9.6 Core Requirements of a Strategy
of Agricultural and Rural
Development
Case Study 9：The Need to Improve
Agricultural Extension for Women
Farmers: Kenya（案例导读9：肯尼
亚农村妇女培训）
Chapter 10 The Environment and
Development（环境与发展）
10.1 Environment and Development:
The Basic Issues
10.2 Rural Development and the
Environment: A Tale of Two
Villages
10.3 Global Warming and Climate
Change: Scope, Mitigation,
and Adaptation
10.4 Economic Models of Environment
Issues
10.5 Urban Development and the
Environment
10.6 The Local and Global Costs of
Rain Forest Destruction
10.7 Policy Options in Developing and
Developed Countries
Case Study 10：A World of Contrasts on
One Island: Haiti and the Dominican
Republic（案例导读10：一个岛屿上
两个国家的巨大差距：海地和多米
尼加共和国）
Chapter 11 Development Policymaking
and the Roles of Market, State, and
Civil Society（发展决策以及市场、
国家和公民社会的作用）
11.1 A Question of Balance
11.2 Development Planning: Concepts
and Rationale
11.3 The Development Planning Process:
Some Basic Models
11.4 Government Failure and Preferences
for Markets over Planning
11.5 The Market Economy
11.6 The Washington Consensus on the
Role of the State in Development
and Its Subsequent Evolution
11.7 Development Political Economy:
Theories of Policy Formulation
and Reform
11.8 Development Roles of NGOs
and the Broader Citizen Sector
11.9 Trends in Governance and Reform
Case Study 11：The Role of Development
NGOs: The BRAC Model（案例导读11：
致力于发展的非政府组织的作用：
BRAC模型）
Part Three Problems and Policies: International and Macro
（国际和宏观问题与政策）
Chapter 12 International Trade Theory
and Development Strategy（贸易理论
和发展策略）
12.1 Economic Globalization: An
Introduction
12.2 International Trade: Some Key Issues
12.3 The Traditional Theory of
International Trade
12.4 The Critique of Traditional Free-
Trade Theory in the Context of
Developing-Country Experience
12.5 Traditional Trade Strategies for
Development: Export Promotion
versus Import Substitution
12.6 The Industrialization Strategy
Approach to Export Policy
12.7 South-South Trade and Economic
Integration
12.8 Trade Policies of Developed
Countries: The Need for Reform
and Resistance to New Protectionist
Pressures
Case Study 12：A Pioneer in Development
Success through Trade: Taiwan（案例
导读12：中国台湾地区：通过贸易
成功发展的传奇）
Chapter 13 Balance of Payments, Debt,
Financial Crises, and Stabilization
Policies（国际收支平衡、债务、
金融危机以及稳定政策）
13.1 International Finance and
Investment: Key Issues
13.2 The Balance of Payments Account
13.3 The Issue of Payments Deficits
13.4 Accumulation of Debt and
Emergence of the Debt Crisis
13.5 Attempts at Alleviation:
Macroeconomic Instability, Classic
IMF Stabilization Policies, and
Their Critics
13.6 “Odious Debt”and Its Prevention
13.7 Resolution of 1980s–1990s Debt
Crises and Continued
Vulnerabilities
13.8 The Global Financial Crisis and
the Developing Countries
Case Study 13：Trade, Capital Flows,
and Development Strategy: South
Korea（案例导读13：贸易、资本
流动和发展策略：韩国）
Chapter 14 Foreign Finance, Investment,
and Aid: Controversies and
Opportunities（国外金融、投资和
援助：争议和机遇）
14.1 The International Flow of
Financial Resources
14.2 Private Foreign Direct Investment
and the Multinational
Corporation
14.3 The Role and Growth of
Remittances
14.4 Foreign Aid: The Development
Assistance Debate
14.5 Conflict and Development
Case Study 14：African Success Story at
Risk: Botswana（案例导读14：博茨
瓦纳：非洲冒险、成功的传奇）
Chapter 15 Finance and Fiscal Policy
for Development（发展的金融和财政
政策）
15.1 The Role of the Financial System
in Economic Development
15.2 The Role of Central Banks and
Alternative Arrangements
15.3 Informal Finance and the Rise of
Microfinance
15.4 Reforming Financial Systems
15.5 Fiscal Policy for Development
15.6 State-Owned Enterprises and
Privatization
15.7 Public Administration: The Scarcest
Resource
Case Study 15：Making Microfinance
Work for the Poor: The Grameen
Bank of Bangladesh（案例导读15：
微观金融为穷人服务：孟加拉
国格拉曼银行）
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