Notes for Contributors

Progress in Development Studies provides an international forum for the review of development-oriented work in the social, economic and environmental sciences. It publishes Review articles (5000-7000 words in length), Progress reports (2000 words) and Book reviews (500-1000 words) in the field of development studies and from time to time, short commentaries or observations (2000 words) as one-off pieces.

Review articles 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 field being considered. The express aim of Progress reports is to monitor what appear to be 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.

Submission

An electronic copy of your manuscript should be submitted to the most appropriate editorial board member.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Robert B Potter r.b.potter@reading.ac.uk

EDITORIAL BOARD
Catherine Locke C.Locke@uea.ac.uk
Nici Nelson n.nelson@gold.ac.uk
Barry Munslow b.munslow@sky.com
David Sapsford d.sapsford@liverpool.ac.uk

Title page

This should include the title of the paper, the names and full affiliations and addresses (including e-mail) of the authors. Please indicate who is the corresponding author. It should appear on a separate page as papers are refereed anonymously.

Abstract/Key words/Word count

An abstract of up to 100 words should be provided together with six key words. Please also supply a word count at the end of your paper.

Headings

Your manuscript should only have 3 levels of heading as follows:

Primary heading
Secondary heading
Tertiary heading: With the text carrying along the same line for this heading.

Figures and Illustrations

All maps and diagrams should be submitted in the form of completed artwork suitable for direct reproduction, and in a standard electronic form wherever possible. Black and white photographs can be accepted if they are of suitable quality and contribute directly to the paper. All costs for reproducing figures in colour must be met by the author.

Please ensure that each figure appears on a separate page and is labelled on the reverse using a soft pencil with the author name and figure number.

Figure captions should appear together on a separate sheet. Use Arabic numerals to number them consecutively.

Tables

Should appear typed on separate sheets, avoiding the use of vertical lines.

Notes

These should be avoided. Normally such material can be incorporated into the text. Acknowledgements should be placed at the end of the paper under that heading.

Measurements

These should be given using the SI metric system

References

Please use the Harvard system. In the body of the text references should be indicated by author surname and date and should then appear in an alphabetical list at the end of the paper, double spaced.
As Smith (1990) maintains . . .
As Bloggs et al. (1999: 54) assert . . .

Author, A.B. 2000: A paper in a journal. The Journal's Name 66, 123-45.
Author, A.B. and Author, B.C. 2000: Title of a book. Name of Publisher.
Author, A.B., Author, B.C. and Author, C.D. 2000: Title of a chapter of contribution to a book.
In Author, D.E., editor, Title of the edited book. Name of Publisher, 65-69.

Copyright

Authors must obtain permission from the original publishers (not authors) to reproduce previously printed material.

Progress in Development Studies is abstracted/ listed in: Academic Search Premier; Business Source Premier; CAB Abstracts; CAB Health; GEOBASE; Geographical Abstracts: Human; International Development Abstract; Scopus; Sociological Abstracts; Water Resource Abstracts

Note: MSS must not to be sent to the publisher.