Subject(s): Underdevelopment -- Human Capital -- Foreign Aspects -- Mixed Economy -- Development, underdevelopment , growth etc.., characteristics of underdeveloped countries- poverty, constraints on economic development, some explanations of economic underdevelopment, pre-requisites to economic development -- Measurement of economic growth, determinants of economic growth, population and economic development, capital accumulation and economic development, rural urban migration, population control, brain drain, investment and consumption -- Social overhead capital- economic overheads, social overheads, human capital/resources, technical progress and economic growth, theories of economic growth -- Relevance of western growth theories to underdeveloped countries, economic growth in relation to poverty, inequality and unemployment, Rostow's stage theory of economic growth, theories of capital accumulation with surplus labour- one sector and two sector models, balanced growth doctrine/techniques, unbalanced growth doctrine/ technique -- Investment criteria allocation of resources in developing economy, criteria of project appraisal, choice of production techniques in underdeveloped countries, failures of the market mechanism and role of the state in developing countries -- Planning for economic development growth, mixed economy in developing countries, foreign aspects of economic development