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Development Policy Review is a peer-reviewed journal focusing specifically on the links between research and policy in all aspects of international development and across the spectrum of social science disciplines, intellectual persuasions, institutional backgrounds and geographical regions.

Grounded in rigorous and evidence-based research and analysis, and of clear relevance to policy issues in international development, articles are broadly accessible to students, academics, policy- makers and practitioners working in all fields of development studies and related policy.

An increasing number of articles published in Development Policy Review are Open Access.

Established in 1960, and currently producing six issues a year, Development Policy Review publishes

original research that addresses a significant policy-relevant issue
contributions to contemporary policy debates
guest-edited special issues on current policy-relevant topics. Selected titles include:
- Aid in a Post Aid Effectiveness Era: Comparative Perspectives – Niels Keijzer & David Black
- Thinking and Working Politically: Learning from Practice – Neil McCulloch
- European Union Development Policy: Collective Action in Times of Global Transformation and Domestic Crisis – Thilo Bodenstein, Jörg Faust & Mark Furness –
- Urban Governance and Service Delivery in sub-Saharan Africa – Danielle Resnick
- Social Protection and Climate Change: Emerging Issues for Research, Policy and Practice – Craig Johnson, Hari Bansha Dulal, Martin Prowse, Krishna Krishnamurthy & Tom Mitchell
Virtual thematic collections to contribute to a topical debate or international development
- Empowering Women and Girls in Development and Humanitarian Practice: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? (joint with Disasters)
- Tax and Development
- Technology (joint with Disasters)

Development Policy Review is published on behalf of ODI Global.

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Keywords

development, policy, review, international development policy & practice, international development policy research, aid, climate change, economics, education (primary to tertiary), environment, food and agricultural policy, gender, health, low and middle-income countries (L&MICs), poverty

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