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• Part 1: principles and concepts - economics - its nature and importance for developing nations; economic systems and Third World economies; important concepts and principles - I; important concepts and principles - II; common characteristics of developing countries; the meaning of development; economic growth - causes and characteristics; economic growth and development - lessons and controversies. Part 2: problems and policies - domestic - growth, poverty and income distribution - theory and evidence; attacking poverty and inequality - the policy options; the great population debate; economics of population and development; unemployment - dimensions of a global problem; rural to urban migration - theory and policy; agricultural stagnation and agrarian structures; subsistence agriculture and rural development; the economics of education; education and development - issues and options. Part 3: problems and policies - international - international trade and economic development - the traditional view; trade and development - theory and reality.

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• Part 1: principles and concepts - economics - its nature and importance for developing nations; economic systems and Third World economies; important concepts and principles - I; important concepts and principles - II; common characteristics of developing countries; the meaning of development; economic growth - causes and characteristics; economic growth and development - lessons and controversies. Part 2: problems and policies - domestic - growth, poverty and income distribution - theory and evidence; attacking poverty and inequality - the policy options; the great population debate; economics of population and development; unemployment - dimensions of a global problem; rural to urban migration - theory and policy; agricultural stagnation and agrarian structures; subsistence agriculture and rural development; the economics of education; education and development - issues and options. Part 3: problems and policies - international - international trade and economic development - the traditional view; trade and development - theory and reality.

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• Part 1: principles and concepts - economics - its nature and importance for developing nations; economic systems and Third World economies; important concepts and principles - I; important concepts and principles - II; common characteristics of developing countries; the meaning of development; economic growth - causes and characteristics; economic growth and development - lessons and controversies. Part 2: problems and policies - domestic - growth, poverty and income distribution - theory and evidence; attacking poverty and inequality - the policy options; the great population debate; economics of population and development; unemployment - dimensions of a global problem; rural to urban migration - theory and policy; agricultural stagnation and agrarian structures; subsistence agriculture and rural development; the economics of education; education and development - issues and options. Part 3: problems and policies - international - international trade and economic development - the traditional view; trade and development - theory and reality.