Links to Development Economics Journals

Journal of Development Economics--The leading development economics journal for academics interested in a mathematically rigorous treatment of a wide array of issues including international trade, international finance, development macroeconomics, and development microeconomics. Edited at Yale University. Cited = 8, Tech = 9

Economic Development and Cultural Change--A widely read journal catering to a broad range of academics including economists, anthropologists, demographers, and area specialists. A new emphasis is on rigorous empirical work that seeks to understand impacts of policies and transitions in LDCs. Edited at the University of Southern California. Cited = 8, Tech = 6

World Development--Arguably the most widely read economic development journal by academics, policy makers and development practitioners. Offers a wide variety of theoretical, empirical, and policy-oriented articles on all facets of economic development at a more accessible level than many other mainstream economics journals. Edited at McGill University, Canada. Cited = 9, Tech = 5

World Bank Economic Review--One of the most widely read journals in the field of development economics, this journal contains individual articles and specialized issues devoted to both micro and macroeconomic aspects of economic development. Focus of articles tends to be on poverty and development policy problems. Edited at the World Bank, Washington, D.C. Cited = 8, Tech = 5

Journal of Development Studies--A widely read interdisciplinary journal, intended for both economists and other social scientists which emphasizes rigorous empirical testing of current economic theories and discussions of a wide array of primarily microeconomic issues. Edited at the University of Sussex, England. Cited = 7, Tech = 5

World Bank Research Observer--Articles are intended to be accessible to development practitioners, professional economists working in development, and non-specialist readers. Articles touch on a broad array of issues related to economic development, international trade, and international finance. Edited at the World Bank, Washington, D.C. Cited = 4, Tech = 3

Journal of Comparative Economics--Devoted to an analysis and study of contemporary, historical, and hypothetical economic systems with a special emphasis on developing and transition economies. Rigorous empirical, theoretical, and institutional approaches are welcome in the journal. Edited at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. Cited = 4, Tech = 7

Review of Development Economics--A development economics journal that provides rigorous analyses of a wide array of macroeconomic and microeconomic issues ranging from international trade and finance to labor markets in developing countries. Edited at Iowa State University. Cited = 4, Tech = 8

Development and Change--A journal emphasizing contemporary radical and neo-Marxian approaches and perspectives in the study of the development process, with an emphasis on research related to development strategies for women and the poor in developing nations. Edited at Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. Cited = 4, Tech = 4

Finance and Development--A periodical intended for a broad audience that covers a wide array of contemporary issues in economic development. Articles are policy-oriented and contain a minimum of technical jargon. Most articles relate directly or indirectly to issues of finance at either the macro or micro level. Edited at the International Monetary Fund. Cited = 3, Tech = 2

Journal of International Development--Publishes a wide array of research on development issues in a form accessible to practitioners and policy-makers as well as academics. Focus is broadly over the social sciences--economics, politics, international relations, sociology and anthropology. Edited at University of Sheffield, England. Cited = 3, Tech = 4

Journal of Developing Areas—An interdisciplinary journal publishing articles by development economists, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists on a wide range of development issues such as globalization, land reform, structural adjustment, and environmental policy. Edited at Tennessee State University. Cited = 3, Tech = 4.

The Developing Economies--A well-established interdisciplinary, yet rigorous, journal that specializes in an analysis of development trends in the Pacific Rim economies. Articles range from descriptive to highly technical, and cover a wide array of economic development issues from capital flows to labor markets. Edited at the Institute of Developing Economies, Wakaba, Japan. Cited = 3, Tech = 6

Journal of Economic Development--Publishes mathematically rigorous research in microeconomic development, economic growth, international trade and finance, from all countries, with a special emphasis on work applied to countries on the Pacific Rim. Edited at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. Cited = 2, Tech = 9

Journal of Peasant Studies--One of the strongest journals in the field of the political economy of agrarian change. Focuses on considering the process of economic development within the broad context of economic and social transformation. An inter-disciplinary journal supporting theoretical, empirical, and descriptive research. Edit by Frank Cass Publishers, London, England. Cited = 3, Tech = 3

Development Policy Review--Specializes in creating links between research and policy in economic development. The journal focuses on articles and theme issues on current development policy debate such as poverty-reduction strategies, inequality, property rights and globalization. Edited by the Overseas Development Institute, London, England. Cited = 2, Tech = 3

Progress in Development Studies--A new journal covering a broad array of research by social scientists on issues such as the international debt crisis to the global environment, sustainable development, gender relations, and child labor. Intended for both academics and practitioners. Editied at University of London, England. Cited = 1, Tech = 2