"Essentials of Development Economics represents an alternative approach to traditional development economics textbooks, written to provide students with the critical tools used in today's development economics research and practice. Compact and less expensive than other textbooks for...

What development economics is all about -- What works and what doesn't? -- Income -- Poverty -- Inequality -- Human development -- Growth -- Institutions -- Agriculture -- Structural transformation -- Information and markets -- Finance -- International trade and globalization -- Epilogue.

Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction: understanding development -- Theorizing development -- Approaching development -- Health, education and population -- Gender and development -- Conflict, security and development -- Trade and development -- Participation in...