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Desarrollo y Sociedad is a journal aimed at publishing papers in the social sciences with an emphasis on economics and other related areas of knowledge that test a hypothesis by applying an empirical model.

The journal publishes a new edition every 4 months, two regular editions and a special edition. The February and June editions correspond to regular editions while the October edition is directed to a particular topic.

The articles have to be written in Times New Roman 12, space and a half, with a maximum length of 40 pages including annexes, charts, graphs and references. All the pages should be consecutively numbered. Titles and subtitles must be short and informative.

A first page must contain the title, the name (s) of the author (s), the institution to which it belongs (n) and / or its position, full email address, and email. This information that identifies the author must be included in one foot of page without following the consecutive numbering of footers, using the asterisk (*). The email address is used for correspondence and correction of tests.

The first page the manuscript must include an abstract of the article the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification (https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php), and a maximum of five key words. It is mandatory that all of this information be in both English and Spanish. For verification of key words at the THESAURUS´ base can visit the website: http://databases.unesco.org/thesaurus/. If you don´t find a word, you must be explicit and write "Author Key words". Each abstract has to be analytical with a maximum length of 150 words; it cannot contain equations or references, and it is expected to include descriptions of the objective, the methods, main results and conclusions.

Key words are important as they are used by web search engines; therefore, they should be carefully selected and not to use the same words as those appearing in the title.

Write the term in full at the first mention with the acronym following in parentheses. Use acronym alone thereafter.

Footnotes should only be used to present explanations and they should be numbered consecutively. They will not contain graphics or equations and use font size 10 and single spaces between lines. In any case, it is recommended to use the minimum amount possible of footnotes.

Mathematical equations or formulas have to be aligned to the center of the page and they must be consecutively numbered on the right with the Arabic number between parentheses.

Tables, graphs charts, photos and illustrations will follow Arabic numerals and will have short but explanatory titles. Under the label “table” it should be included any table with numeric information. Under the label “figure” it should be included any graph chart, photo or illustration. When an article is submitted it is necessary that the tables and figures be sent in a separate file in their original format. If the article comes with photos, these have to be sent in separate file .TIFF or .EPS, 300 PPI minimum and with a note mentioning the size the author wants them to be published. Tables and figures can be located within the article or at the end in the annex, and always mentioned in the text.

Once the paper is accepted, authors must include a section named Acknowledgments, after Conclusions and before References. It is mandatory that it includes the following information:

  1. If the work received institutional funding, it must be specified the source, and, if possible, information related with the grant, project or contract supporting the research. On the contrary, if the investigation did not get any financing, authors have to explicitly announce it.
  2. Acknowledgments to peer reviewers from the journal.
  3. In addition, authors can also include in this section acknowledgements to previous reviewers or personal recognitions, in case they wish to do so.

The paper should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) format for citations. When an author is quoted within the text of the article, the style of reference should be as follows: Last name (year) when the author’s last name is part of the narrative (e.g. Robinson (2005)); (Last name, year) when the author’s last name it is not part of the narrative (e.g. (Robinson, 2005)). When there is more than two authors Last_Name et al. (year) has to be used (e.g. Robinson et al. (2005)). If there is more than one article per author for the same year, the alphabetical order notation should be used (Robinson, 2005a, Robinson, 2005b, etc.). For more information please search APA format in https://www.ucentral.edu.co/sites/default/files/inline-files/guia-normas-apa-7-ed-2020-08-12.pdf. 

References must be listed alphabetically at the end and by year if there is more than one article by the same author. All the quotes of the article should appear in the references and all the references have to be quoted in the text. The scheme to follow is: a) for articles: last name, first name initial letter, (year) title, name of journal, volume (number), first-last page number; b) for book chapters: last name, first name initial letter, (year) title of the chapter last name and first name initial letter of the editor, Title of the book (pages of the chapter), city of publication and editorial; and c) for books: last name, first name initial letter, (year) Title of the book, city of publication and editorial.

APA

All the contributions are subject to regular evaluation process established by the editorial committee. Before publication, each article received is revised according to the objectives and editorial policy of the journal, minimum academic quality standards, originality, and the requirements defined in the authors’ instructions. The manuscripts that fulfill the above conditions are evaluated by two anonymous referees. Authors must suggest at least three potential reviewers, including contact information. The review comments will be known by the author(s). The editorial committee will inform the author(s) of the final editorial decision as to whether or not their article will be published in the corresponding edition.

To each author and co-author will be sent a copyright transfer agreement. This agreement includes the format or material support, and extends to the use of the papers in magnetic and electronic formats. This authorization permits the incorporation of titles, authors, abstracts, and the complete text in data base or on national and international electronic pages.

Copyright agreement

If an article is approved for publication, a proof of the final version of the article will be sent to the authors for its final style correction and approval. When the journal starts circulating each author or co-author will receive, via email, a magnetic version of their article and two courtesy printed copies of the corresponding journal itself by regular mail service.

To send comments to Desarrollo y Sociedad Journal, please contact:

Editorial Committee

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