Economic development, interdependence, and incentives. -- Games. -- Development traps and coordination games. -- Rural poverty, development and the environment. -- Risk, solidarity networks, and reciprocity. -- Understanding agrarian institutions. -- Savings, credit, and microfinance. -- Social learning and technology adoption. -- Property rights, governance, and corruption. -- Conflict, violence, and development. -- Social capital. -- The political economy of trade and development. -- Appendix. -- Exercises for interested readers. -- References. -- Index.