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With hunger, massive population growth, and poverty among the most critical problems of our time, agricultural development must play an undeniably key role in their solution. Problems must be targeted, education must be developed, and solutions must be achieved. Enter Norton and Alwang's Introduction to Economics of Agricultural Development. These well-known and respected authors have written a book that helps readers better understand agricultural development and enables them to acquire the analytical skills that will enhance their capability to solve development problems. The book interprets standard neoclassical economic theory while also illustrating the importance of modifying that theory to account for imperfect information. Thus, it provides important insights for development policy and helps to explain why some countries develop while others are left behind. It also provides balanced coverage of the topics relevant to agricultural development, and presents "new agenda" issues such as environmental problems that affect the sustainability of agricultural development, macroeconomic policies, foreign debt problems, and the role of women in agricultural development.