Despite significant gains in promoting economic growth and living conditions (or "human progress") globally over the last twenty-five years, much of the developing world remains plagued by poverty and its attendant problems, including high rates of child mortality, illiteracy, environmental...

An economic history of Africa : an overview -- The two-sector economic growth model -- The Washington consensus economic development model -- Economic development status of Mauritius -- Sustainable economic development in Mauritius and Costa Rica -- Economic development by invitation -- A...