Economic Development

Publication January 2014 This edition is in A4 format and contains 104 pages. It is written in 22 easy to understand units covering the whole range of economic development issues with a full range of charts, figures and photos. There is also a very useful glossary of over 100 development terms. The contents are as Section An introduction to economic development Unit 1: Introducing development and the Millennium Development Goals Unit 2: The classification and measurement of development Unit 3: Similarities and differences between developing countries Unit 4: The relevance of history and geography to development Section Development - theories and strategies Unit 5: The economics of growth Unit 6: Economic structure Unit 7: The Rostow and Lewis Models Unit 8: Agriculture Unit 9: Industrialisation Unit 10: Tourism Unit 11: The role of markets in development Unit 12: Relations between developed and developing nations Section Population and the environment Unit 13: Population growth Unit 14: Migration Unit 15: Sustainable development and the environment Unit 16: Disease Section International trade and finance Unit 17: Trade and development Unit 18: Balance of payments disequilibria Unit 19: Debt relief and foreign aid problems Unit 20: Multinational companies and development Unit 21: Foreign aid Unit 22: Development and international economic institutions Differential development amongst developed nations (with specific reference to the EU and the UK) Glossary Peter Cramp is Head of Economics, Nottingham High School.