Stylistic Instructions For Contributors
1. Manuscripts of research articles, research
notes, reviews to be written in English only-should be sent
in triplicate to the Executive Editor, The Bangladesh Development
Studies, E-17, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207 (G.P.O.
Box No. 3854). Each request for a book review in the journal
must be accompanied by two copies of the book concerned, which
should be submitted to the Director General, Bangladesh Institute
of Development Studies, E-17, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,
Dhaka-1207 (G.P.O. Box No. 3854).
2. Manuscripts would be accepted for consideration on the
understanding that they are original contribution to the existing
knowledge on development issues.
3. As far as possible, all articles and notes should be organized
into the following sections: (i) Introduction, (ii) Hypotheses,
(iii) Methodological Issues Involved, (iv) Results, (v) Limitations
of Analysis, (vi) Policy Implications, and (vii) Conclusions.
Sub-sections should carry clear and distinct sub-headings.
4. Each manuscript should typed double-spaced (except for
footnotes and verbatim inset quotations) on one side of quarto
sheets, and should carry a margin of an inch and a half on
the left side of the typed page and of at least an inch on
each of the remaining three sides.
5. The first page of the manuscript should contain the title
of the paper, the name(s) of author(s) and a footnote giving
the current affiliation of the author(s) and any acknowledgements.
Each major article will be prefaced by a short abstract containing
no more that 100 words.
6. As a courtesy to referees, detailed derivations of the
main mathematical results reported in the text should be submitted
separately along with the aricles.
7. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively. Each appendix
and each table should have a separate set of footnotes.
8. Tables for the main text and each of its appendices should
be numbered serially and separately. The title of each table
as well as the captions of its columns and rows should be
clearly expressive of its contents. The source of the table
sould be given in a footnote immediately below the line at
the bottom of the table.
9. All references should be listed in alphabetical order of
the author’s surnames at the end of the text with the
year of publication. References in the text should be cited
by the surname of the author(s) followed by the year of publication.
10. Each author will receive two complimentary copies of The
Bangladesh Development Studies and 25 offprints.
Comments on Published Articles
Those wishing to submit for publication of comments on a Journal
article are asked first to send their observations to the
author and to give him an opportunity to respond before communicating
with the Executive Editor. If the editor accepts the comments
for publication, he will send one copy to the original author
and give him a chance to make a short reply i the same issue.
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