The Multi-Disciplinary International Journal Devoted to the Study and Promotion of World Development
All manuscripts and correspondence should be sent to the Editorial Office at the following address: World Development Editorial Office, Department of Geography, McGill University, Room 705, Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada. Email: wd@mcgill.ca

Submission:

1. Three copies of a paper or note should be submitted to the Editor in a form suitable for sending anonymously to the reviewers. Copies must be typed on one side of the paper only, in double spacing. A fourth copy should be retained by the author, because submissions will not be returned. It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.Please note - World Development does not accept submissions by e-mail.
The address to which articles are to be mailed: World Development Editorial Office, Department of Geography, McGill University, Room 705, Burnside Hall, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada. Tel: +1 514 398 1653, Fax: +1 514 398 1270. Email address for correspondence wd@mcgill.ca.

2. Papers should be accompanied by a record of the author's name, address, affiliation, and a contact telephone or fax number where possible. All papers should include a summary of no more than 100 words. We ask authors to select up to six keywords to describe their papers. Two of these should describe the papers geographical focus: one regional (e.g., Asia) and one country-specific (e.g., Burma).

3. Because of heavy pressures on space, papers should not exceed 30-35 double-spaced pages, including summary, tables, figures, noted, and references.

Presentation, format and housestyle:

4. Since development affects women as well as men, World Development uses gender-neutral language. For example, "man" is not acceptable as a generic term ("human" is), and masculine pronouns should only be applied to males.

5.World Development uses American rather than British spelling. Numbers from zero to nine should be written out; numerals should be used for all other numbers.

6.Bibliographical references should be carefully checked for accuracy. Every reference cited in the paper, whether in the text, tables or figures, must be listed in the References section. Book references should give (in this order) author name(s), full title, place of publication, publisher, and year of publication. Journal references should give author name(s), full title, journal title,volume and issue numbers, year, and inclusive page numbers. References to privately circulated or mimeographed material should contain the name and location of the appropriatedepartment or institution.

7. Broad divisions and section headings should be clearly marked in the text where appropriate. Any quotations should appear in double marks, with quotations that exceed 40 words indented in the text.

8. The full mathematical workings necessary for justifying each step of the argument should accompany all papers of a mathematical character in order to assist the referees. These workings will not be published.

9. Notes should be numbered consecutively and placed at the end of the paper (not at the bottom of each page). Authors' acknowledgements should be given on a separate sheet, and will be printed on the first page of the article.

10. Figures should be clearly drawn, with clearly marked axes. They should be submitted on separate sheets (not in the text) and accompanied by the basic statistics required for their preparation.

11. Statistical tables should be submitted on separate sheets (not in the text). Each row or column should be clearly labeled with appropriate headings, units of measurement, etc. Base dates for index numbers, geographical area covered, units of measurement, and sources should be clearly stated. Vertical lines may not be used in tables, and horizontal lines should be kept to a minimum.

12. The positions of tables and figures should be clearly marked in the text; these will be adhered to wherever practicable.

Proofs and reprints:

13.Authors are expected to correct proofs expeditiously and to keep alterations to a minimum; the original typescript must be regarded as definitive. The publisher reserves the right to charge authors for excessive authors' corrections made in proof.

14. The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use. Additional paper offprints can be ordered by the authors. An order form with prices will be sent to the corresponding author.

Copyrights:

15. All authors must sign the "Transfer of Copyright" agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier Ltd to protect the copyrighted material for authors, but does not relinquish the author's proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microform or any other reproductions of a similar nature and translations, and includes the right to adapt the article for use in conjunction with computer systems and programs, including reproduction or publication in machine-readable form and incorporation in retrieval systems. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.

16. Authors are requested to submit a computer disk containing the final version of the paper along with the final manuscript to the editorial office. Please observe the following criteria: (a) Send only hard copy when first submitting your paper. (b) When your paper has been refereed, revised if necessary and accepted, send a disk containing the final version with the final hard copy. Make sure that the disk and the hard copy match exactly. (c) Specify the software which has been used, including which version (d) Specify the computer which has been used (either IBM compatible PC or Apple Macintosh). (e) Include the text file and separate table and illustration files, if available. (f) The file should follow the general instructions on style/arrangement and, in particular, the reference style of this journal as given in the Information for Contributors. (g) The file should be single-spaced and should use the wrap-around-the-end-of-line feature, i.e., no returns at the end of each line. All textual elements should begin flush left, no paragraph indents. Place two returns after every element such as title, headings, paragraphs, figure and table call-outs. (h). Keep a back-up disk for reference and safety.

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