Table of Contents

I. Introduction ; II. Historical Perspective ; III. International Trade and Technology Transfer ; IV. Human Resources ; V. Investment and Finance ; VI. Urbanization and the Informal Sector ; VII. Agriculture ; VIII. Income Distribution ; IX. Political Economy ; X. Development and the Environment

About the Author

Gerald M. Meier is Konosuke Matsushita Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Policy Analysis at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.

James Rauch is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego, and Research Associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research.