The Asia-Pacific Development Journal (APDJ) is published twice a year by the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
The primary objective of the APDJ is to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, ideas, information and data on all aspects of economic and social development issues and concerns facing the region and aims to stimulate policy debate and assist policy formulation.
The Asian development experience has stood out as an extraordinary
example of what can be achieved when policy makers, experts, scholars
and people at large harness their creativity, knowledge and foresight.
The Asia-Pacific Development Journal has been a proud partner
in this process, providing a scholarly means for bringing together
research work by eminent social scientists and development practitioners
from the region and beyond for use by a variety of stakeholders.
Over the years, the Journal has emerged as a key United Nations
publication in telling the Asian development story in a concise,
coherent and impartial manner to stimulate policy debate and assist
policy formulation in the region.
The Journal welcomes original pieces of work with emphasis on empirically based, policy-oriented articles focusing on issues and challenges relevant to the Asian and the Pacific region. The articles should have a strong emphasis on the policy implications flowing from the analysis. While the Journal does publish high quality country studies, the focus of the journal is primarily on regional work or the work that has policy implications to the region at large.
Apart from the strong emphasis on the substantive content of the articles, the Editorial Board of the Journal also wishes to emphasize that papers should meet the editorial standards in terms of the English language as well as the editorial standards prescribed in the editorial guidelines.
Interested persons are encouraged to refer to previous issues of the Journal to familiarize themselves with the contents and editorial standards.
Manuscripts should be sent to:
Chief Editor, Asia-Pacific Development Journal
Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific
United Nations Building, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue
Bangkok 10200, Thailand
Tel: (662) 288 1902
Fax: (662) 288 1000; (662) 288-3007
email: escap-mpdd@un.org
Cable: ESCAP Bangkok
Chief Editor: Dr. Aynul Hasan
Advisory Board
Members:
H.E. DR. CHALONGPHOB SUSSANGKARN
Distinguished Fellow
Thailand Development Research Institute
Bangkok
PROFESSOR KARINA CONSTANTINO-DAVID
Former Chairperson
Civil Service Commission, Manila
PROFESSOR PETER G. WARR
Convener, The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
John Crawford Professor of Agricultural Economics
Director,
Poverty Research Centre,
The Arndt-Corden Division of Economics
Australian National University, Canberra
PROFESSOR SHOICHI YAMASHITA
Former Director
The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development
Kitakyushu, Japan
PROFESSOR REHMAN SOBHAN
Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue
Dhaka
PROFESSOR SYED NAWAB HAIDER NAQVI
Distinguished National Professor of Economics and Director General
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and
Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
PROFESSOR SUMAN K. BERY
Director-General,
National Council of Applied Economic Research
New Delhi
PROFESSOR JOMO K. SUNDARAM
Assistant Secretary–General for Economic Development
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations, New York, United States of America
Dr. A.. Mirza Azizul Islam
Former Finance Adviser
Ministry of Finance and Planning
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
MR. SHAHID AHMED
Director-General
Competition Commission of Pakistan
Islamabad
