目前國內市面上優秀的發展經濟學教材不多，本書源于美國英文原版教材，經編審后增加忠于原文的中文注解部分，并在每章敘述完重點概念之后，都添加了相應的案例學習部分，相對于其他國內作者編寫的發展經濟學教材，本書更具有前沿性和實用性。
Part One Principles and Concepts（原理和概念）
Chapter 1 Introducing Economic
Development: A Global Perspective
（經濟發展簡介：一種全球性視角）
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
（案例導讀1：巴西在坎坷中所取得的
發展）
Chapter 2 Comparative Economic
Part One Principles and Concepts（原理和概念）
Chapter 1 Introducing Economic
Development: A Global Perspective
（經濟發展簡介：一種全球性視角）
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
（案例導讀1：巴西在坎坷中所取得的
發展）
Chapter 2 Comparative Economic
Development（發展的比較）
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（發展中
國家的特點：共性中的差異）
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
（案例導讀2：巴基斯坦和孟加拉國
兩條發展道路的比較研究）
Chapter 3 Classic Theories of Economic
Growth and Development（古典經濟
增長與發展理論）
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
（案例導讀3：發展經濟學的不同
思想流派：韓國和阿根廷的案例）
Chapter 4 Contemporary Models of
Development and Underdevelopment
（當代的發展和欠發達模型）
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（案例導讀4：中國：
一個發展的奇跡）
Part Two Problems and Policies: Domestic（國內問題與政策）
Chapter 5 Poverty, Inequality, and
Development（貧困、不平等和發展）
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
（案例導讀5：制度、不平等與
收入：加納和科特迪瓦）
Chapter 6 Population Growth and
Economic Development: Causes,
Consequences, and Controversies （人口
增長與經濟發展：原因、后果及爭議）
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
（案例導讀6：中國和印度的
人口、貧困和發展）
Chapter 7 Urbanization and Rural-
Urban Migration: Theory and
Policy（城市化和城鄉遷移的
理論和政策）
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
（案例導讀7：從農村向城市
遷移，發展中國家的城市化
進程：印度和博茨瓦納）
Chapter 8 Human Capital: Education and
Health in Economic Development
（人力資本：經濟發展中的教育和
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
導讀8：走出貧困：墨西哥人
類發展計劃）
Chapter 9 Agricultural Transformation
and Rural Development（農業轉型與
農村發展）
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（案例導讀9：肯尼
亞農村婦女培訓）
Chapter 10 The Environment and
Development（環境與發展）
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（案例導讀10：一個島嶼上
兩個國家的巨大差距：海地和多米
尼加共和國）
Chapter 11 Development Policymaking
and the Roles of Market, State, and
Civil Society（發展決策以及市場、
國家和公民社會的作用）
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（案例導讀11：
致力于發展的非政府組織的作用：
BRAC模型）
Part Three Problems and Policies: International and Macro
（國際和宏觀問題與政策）
Chapter 12 International Trade Theory
and Development Strategy（貿易理論
和發展策略）
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
導讀12：中國臺灣地區：通過貿易
成功發展的傳奇）
Chapter 13 Balance of Payments, Debt,
Financial Crises, and Stabilization
Policies（國際收支平衡、債務、
金融危機以及穩定政策）
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（案例導讀13：貿易、資本
流動和發展策略：韓國）
Chapter 14 Foreign Finance, Investment,
and Aid: Controversies and
Opportunities（國外金融、投資和
援助：爭議和機遇）
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（案例導讀14：博茨
瓦納：非洲冒險、成功的傳奇）
Chapter 15 Finance and Fiscal Policy
for Development（發展的金融和財政
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（案例導讀15：
微觀金融為窮人服務：孟加拉
國格拉曼銀行）
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