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About the Development Policy Review format

Development Policy Review is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering International Development and Aid, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Development Policy Review 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inInternational Development and Aid Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Income, Poverty, and Inequality Religion, Society, and Development
ISSN0950-6764
Citation impact (2-yr)1.49
h-index95
i10-index814
Total citations44,198
Article processing charge$3,140
Top institutions publishing hereOverseas Development Institute
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Development Policy Review per year

54
2014
46
2015
66
2016
165
2017
67
2018
74
2019
62
2020
78
2021
74
2022
89
2023
66
2024
69
2025

Citation impact of Development Policy Review by publication year

1.5K
2014
1.5K
2015
1.2K
2016
3.6K
2017
903
2018
1.1K
2019
844
2020
889
2021
628
2022
419
2023
164
2024
61
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Development Policy Review

Big Data for Development: A Review of Promises and Challenges

Martin Hilbert · 13 Dec 2015

The article uses a conceptual framework to review empirical evidence and some 180 articles related to the opportunities and threats of Big Data Analytics for international development. The advent of Big Data delivers a cost‐effective prospect for improved decision‐making in critical development areas such as healthcare, economic productivity and security. At the same time, the…

Good Enough Governance Revisited

Merilee S. Grindle · 15 Aug 2007

The concept of good enough governance provides a platform for questioning the long menu of institutional changes and capacity‐building initiatives currently deemed important (or essential) for development. Nevertheless, it falls short of being a tool to explore what, specifically, needs to be done in any real world context. Thus, as argued by the author in…

Should Industrial Policy in Developing Countries Conform to Comparative Advantage or Defy it? A Debate Between Justin Lin and Ha‐Joon Chang

Justin Yifu Lin, Ha‐Joon Chang · 6 Aug 2009

This is the first in an occasional series of DPR Debates , designed to illuminate specific issues of international development policy. Each debate will bring together two well‐known researchers or practitioners, giving them the opportunity, over three rounds, to test and challenge each other's ideas. The debates are intended to be robust but accessible, rooted…

Evolving Themes in Rural Development 1950s‐2000s

Frank Ellis, Stephen Biggs · 1 Dec 2001

This article provides a brief overview of the major switches in rural development thinking that have occurred over the past half‐century or so. Dominant and subsidiary themes are identified, as well as the co‐existence of different narratives running in parallel. The continuing success of the long‐running ‘small‐farm efficiency’ paradigm is highlighted. The article concludes by…

Agricultural Productivity Growth and Poverty Alleviation

Xavier Irz, Lin Lin, Colin Thirtle et al. · 1 Dec 2001

How important is agricultural growth to poverty reduction? This article first sets out the theoretical reasons for expecting agricultural growth to reduce poverty. Several plausible and strong arguments apply ‐ including the creation of jobs on the land, linkages from farming to the rest of the rural economy, and a decline in the real cost…

Development Policy Review template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Development Policy Review format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Development Policy Review template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Development Policy Review use?
Development Policy Review uses Author–year (Chicago) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Development Policy Review 12 (3): 45–58.
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Development Policy Review is a multidisciplinary journal published by Wiley. DocuGuru's Development Policy Review template matches Wiley's official submission format.
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