Guidelines for Contributors

The Asia-Pacific Population Journal is a periodical produced three times a year by the Emerging Social Issues Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), with support from ESCAP and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Its purpose is to provide a medium for the international exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, technical information and data on all aspects of the field of population in order to assist developing countries in the region in improving the utilization of data and information for policy and programme purposes, among others.
Original contributions are invited, especially papers by authors from or familiar with the Asian and Pacific region. Ideally, those papers will discuss the policy and/or programme implications of population issues and solutions to problems and report on experiences from which others may benefit.

Note to contributors

All material submitted for the consideration of the Editorial Board should be in the English language. The paper should not exceed 7,000 words, including tables, figures, references, etc. It should include a short abstract (100-200 words) of the issues addressed and the most important findings. The manuscript, should be prepared in one of the major word-processing programs and be double spaced. The margins should be generous, at least 3 cm (roughly 1 inch) wide, preferably more for the left-hand margin. If possible, please submit the manuscript as an e-mail attachment to the address indicated below. If this is not possible, send a “hard-copy”, one side only of white A4 paper, together with a diskette (3 1/2 inch).
A complete list of references arranged alphabetically by author should also be included at the end of the manuscript. Please refer to examples in any issue of the Journal. Figures and tables should be supplied separately either as e-mail attachments or on diskette, preferably in Microsoft Excel or any major spreadsheet program.
Manuscripts are accepted on the understanding that they are subject to editorial revision. Contributors should indicate in an accompanying statement or letter that the material has not previously been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
A brief introduction about the author(s) (title and affiliations, and so forth) should also be included.
As all manuscripts will be subject to peer review by professionals in the field, the name(s) of the author(s) or other identifying information should be placed on the title page only in order to preserve anonymity. Manuscripts may be sent by airmail or e-mail to:

Editor
Emerging Social Issues Division
ESCAP, United Nations Building
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand
e-mail: escap-population@un.org