Asia-Pacific Development Journal

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 to stimulate policy debate and assist in the formulation of policy.

The development experience in the Asian and Pacific region has stood out as an extraordinary example of what can be achieved when policymakers, 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 and Pacific development story in a concise, coherent and impartial manner to stimulate policy debate and assist in the formulation of policy 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

Chief Editor: Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury
Managing Editor: Dr. Aynul Hasan

Advisory Board
Members:

Dr. YILMAZ AKYÜZ
Chief Economist, South Centre
(Former Director and Chief Economist, UNCTAD), Switzerland

Dr. RASHID AMJAD
Vice Chancellor, Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics (PIDE), Pakistan

Dr. MYRNA AUSTRIA
Vice-Chancellor for Academics, De La Salle University, Philippines

PROFESSOR RAJESH CHANDRA
Vice-Chancellor and President, University of the South Pacific, Fiji

PROFESSOR TAKATOSHI IT
Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy University of Tokyo, Japan

Dr. MURAT KARIMSAKOV
Chairman of the Executive body of the Eurasian Economic Clubof Scientists, Kazakhstan

Dr. SAMAN KELEGAMA
Executive Director, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR DEEPAK NAYYAR
Jawaharlal Nehru University (Former Chief Economic Adviserto the Government of India), India

PROFESSOR REHMAN SOBHAN
Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh

Dr. CHALONGPHOB SUSSANGKARN
Distinguished Fellow, Thailand Development Research Institute,Thailand

PROFESSOR YU YONGDING
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China