Why do some countries make rapid progress toward development while many others remain poor?

Under what conditions can cities act as engine of economic transformation?

Are free markets and economic privatization the answer to development problems, or do governments in developing countries still have major roles to play in their economies? (Chapter 9)

Why do so many developing countries select such poor development policies, and what can be done to improve these choices? (Chapter 9)

21.Is expanded international trade always desirable from the point of view of the development of poor nations?Who gains from trade, and how are the advantages distributed among nations? (Chapter 10)

22.When and under what conditions, if any, should governments in developing countries adopt a policy of foreign-exchange control, raise tariffs, or set quotas on the importation of certain non-essential goods in order to promote their own industrialization or to ameliorate chronic balance of payments problems? (Chapter 10)

What has been the impact of International Monetary Fund stabilization programs and World Bank structural adjustment lending on the balance of payments and growth prospects of heavily indebted less developed countries? (Chapter 10)

Should exports of primary products such as agricultural commodities and iron ore be promoted or should all developing countries attempt to industrialize by developing their own manufacturing industries as rapidly as possible?

26.How did so many developing nations get into such serious foreign-debt problems, and what are the implications of debt problems for economic development? How do financial crises affect development?

27.What is the impact of foreign economic aid from rich countries? Should developing countries continue to seek such aid, and if so, under what conditions and for what purposes?Should developed countries continue to offer such aid, and if so, under what conditions and for what purposes? (Chapter 11)

28.Should multinational corporations be encouraged to invest in the economies of poor nations, and if so, under what conditions? How have the emergence of the global factory and the globalization of trade and finance influenced international economic relations? (Chapter 11)