The development imperative -- Measuring economic growth and development -- Development in historical perspective -- Classical and neoclassical theories -- Developmentalist theories of economic development -- Heterodox theories of economic development -- The state as a potential agent of transformation: from neoliberalism to embedded autonomy -- Endogenous growth theories and new strategies for development -- The initial structural transformation : initiating the industrialization process -- Strategy switching and industrial transformation -- Agricultural and development -- Population, education and human capital -- Technology and development -- Transnational corporations and economic developement -- Macroeconomic equilibrium: the external balance -- The debt problem and development -- International institutional linkages: the IMF, the World Bank, and foriegn aid

1. Economic development
2. Inflation (Finance) -- History
3. Monetary policy -- History
4. Economic stabilization