Combining the best available cross-sectional data from Africa, Asia, and Latin America with appropriate theoretical tools, the Ninth Edition features:
- Expanded discussion of Millennium Development Goals, the new benchmark for major development organizations
- Current microeconomic policies, including microcredit, incentives for child schooling, integrated health, education, and income generation programs
- More concise treatment of the characteristics of developing countries
- Extended coverage of non-governmental organizations
- Discussion of chronic and structural poverty
- A critical look at the World Bank and the burden of debt
Part One Principle and Concepts
Part Two Problems and Policies: Domestic
Part Three Problems and Policies: International and Macro