Progress in Development Studies
Progress in Development Studies is a double-anonymized journal about current debates in international development studies. The journal focuses on critical discussion of international development processes, policies and interventions in relation to poverty, inequality, and human wellbeing in a globalised world. We carry material that contributes to the cutting edge of development studies debates. We publish main papers, that may be theoretical, empirical or methodological in focus.
Progress in Development Studies takes the view that development should be defined as change, whether positive or negative, whether intentional or unintentional. Whilst most contributions focus on developing countries, we also welcome consideration of development issues from the so-called 'developed nations' in respect of the incidence of poverty, inequalities and processes of globalization.
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Progress in Development Studies is a double-anonymized journal about current debates in international development studies. The journal focuses on critical discussion of international development processes, policies and interventions in relation to poverty, inequality, and human wellbeing in a globalised world. We carry material that contributes to the cutting edge of development studies debates.
We welcome innovative contributions of emerging importance to development, as well as contributions on more established areas of development debates. These include but are not restricted to debates around:
- Poverty alleviation and international aid
- Climate change, environmental degradation and sustainable development
- Risk, vulnerability, and human security
- Political governance and civil society
- Gender relations and inequality
- Human rights and development
- Migration, urbanisation and development
- Children, youth and development
- Livelihoods and food security
- Social protection and Social policy
- The international debt crisis
- Economic development, work and industrialization
Progress in Development Studies takes the view that development should be defined as change, whether positive or negative. Whilst most contributions focus on developing countries, this does not preclude the consideration of Eastern European, or indeed, so-called 'developed nations' in respect of the incidence of poverty, inequalities and processes of globalisation and related matters.
Progress in Development Studies is a double-blind peer reviewed journal.
We publish main papers, that may be theoretical, empirical or methodological in focus, as well as progress reports, commentaries and observations. We carry materials from both specific social science disciplines as well as interdisciplinary perspectives that engage with development studies. From time to time we publish special issues on themes of particular relevance.
| Adam Fejerskov | Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark |
| Rob Potter (b. 1950 –d. 2014) | University of Reading, UK (2003–2014) |
| Maren Duvendack | School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK |
| Antonio A R Ioris | School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK |
| Thais Tartalha | The Federal University of ABC (UFABC) |
| Meron Zeleke | University of Addis Ababa |
| Jayanta Bandyopadhyay | Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata, India |
| Andrea Cornwall | School of Oriental and Asian Studies (SOAS), London |
| Vandana Desai | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| Chris Dixon | Global Policy Institute, UK |
| J Ferguson | University of California, USA |
| Timothy Forsyth | Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics, UK |
| Prakash Kashwan | University of Connecticut, United States |
| Catherine Locke | University of East Anglia, UK |
| Dibyendu Maiti | Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India |
| D Marshall | University of the West Indies, Barbados |
| D Simon | Royal Holloway, University of London, UK |
| Chandni Singh | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India |
| Katie Wright | Reader in International Development, University of East London, UK |
Notes for Contributors
Progress in Development Studies (PIDS) provides an international forum for the review of development-oriented work in the social, economic and environmental sciences. It publishes Main Papers (5000–7000 words in length), Progress Reports (2000 words) and Book Reviews (500–1000 words) and from time to time, short Commentaries or Observations (2000–3000 words) as one-off opinion pieces.
Main Papers present overviews of the literature and thinking, or practice, pertaining to a particular subarea of development-related work. Although primarily presenting a synthesis or analytical review, the inclusion of empirically derived case study material is not ruled out, so long as it relates directly to, and has a bearing on the conceptual development of, the field being considered. The express aim of Progress Reports is to monitor significant advances in theory and/or practice in a given subfield and to provide a reasoned appraisal of new approaches. Progress reports on a given topic will appear annually over a period of three years. Commentaries and Observations are invited where authors wish to critique aspects of change within the field or recent publications that have appeared in PIDS.
Submission
An electronic copy of your manuscript should be submitted to all listed below:
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Catherine Locke c.locke@uea.ac.uk
EDITORIAL BOARD
Dennis Conway conway@indiana.edu
Chandni Singh (Book Reviews Only) csingh@iihs.ac.in
Nici Nelson n.nelson@gold.ac.uk
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Peer Review Policy
Progress in Development Studies adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.
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As Smith (1990) maintains . . .
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Author, A.B. and Author, B.C. 2000: Title of a book. Name of Publisher.
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In Author, D.E., editor, Title of the edited book. Name of Publisher, 65-69.
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