Cambodia Development Review Submission Guidelines
The Cambodia Development Review welcomes correspondence and submissions. Letters must be verifiable and include a postal address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address. Submissions will be reviewed before being accepted for publication. Prospective authors are advised to read the following guidelines and to contact CDRI before submitting articles. All submissions are subject to editing, and CDRI reserves the right to refuse publication without explanation.
ContentThe Cambodia Development Review features short articles on social and economic development issues relating to Cambodia aimed at policy-makers, development workers and academics. Articles range from original field research reports to overviews of literature. Articles may be written specifically for the Development Review, or may be summaries of longer pieces of research that have been/will be published elsewhere. Most issues of the Cambodia Development Review feature a particular topic or theme, and publication of submissions may depend on their relevance to the theme of forthcoming issues.
One of the aims of the Cambodia Development Review is to serve as a bridge between researchers working in Cambodia and academics overseas. The Cambodia Development Review does therefore consider publication of articles that have been/will be published outside elsewhere (and particularly outside Cambodia). Authors whose work falls into this category should obtain the permission of the other publisher before offering an article to the Cambodia Development Review.
Length Articles for the Cambodia Development Review should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words in length, including endnotes and references. Articles may be submitted via e-mail or on diskette, saved in text-only (.txt) or rich-text format (.rtf). One printed copy of the article must accompany the submission. Articles may include tables, figures and maps as appropriate, though in such cases authors should contact the publications section for technical specifications.All articles must contain:
A short statement about the author's current institutional affiliation and/or ongoing research work, and including acknowledgement of funding agencies if required (100 words).
Titles should be between six and twelve words without a subtitle. Authors should also draft an opening paragraph that introduces the main point of their article (between 50 and 100 words).
The full text (with endnotes as appropriate).
A list of references cited, in alphabetical order.
The Cambodia Development Review appears in simultaneous English- and Khmer-language editions, the Khmer edition being a translation of original English articles. About 50 percent of readers are non-native speakers of English, and authors should therefore ensure that their writing is as clear and concise as possible. Use the active rather than the passive voice, and avoid academic jargon and unnecessarily technical vocabulary.
Since all articles will be translated into Khmer, it is imperative that authors delete expressions, clauses and sentences whose absence will not damage the argument. Complex constructions, distractions from the main point of argument and excessive repetition should be avoided.
Endnotes and References The Cambodia Development Review uses endnotes to present additional evidence and reasoning if such material would disturb the flow of the text, but endnotes must be kept to an absolute minimum (if included at all).Citations should be inserted into the text in the following format - author's name and year of publication in parentheses, with page number listed as appropriate, e.g. (McAndrew 1998:24).
A list of references should be included at the end of the article in alphabetical order, and contain full publication details for each source cited, using the forms below. Provide authors' first names when available. Capitalise (and italicise) book titles, but not titles of chapters or articles.
For a book: McAndrew, John P. (1998), Interdependence in Household Livelihood Strategies in Two Cambodian Villages (Phnom Penh: Cambodia Development Resource Institute) Working Paper No. 7
For a chapter in a book: Le Xuan Ba, Hoang Van Thanh & Nguyen Dinh Tai (1999), "The impact of the Asian financial crisis on the Vietnamese economy," in Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis on the Southeast Asian Transitional Economies (Phnom Penh: Development Analysis Network) pp. 87-124
For a journal article: Peou, Sorpong (1998), "The Cambodian elections of 1998 and beyond: democracy in the making?" Contemporary Southeast Asia (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, December 1998) pp. 279-297
For a conference paper: Godfrey, Martin (1997), "Cambodia: skill development for sustainable and competitive livelihoods," background paper for the Consultative Group meeting on Cambodia held in Paris from 1-2 July 1997
For newspaper articles: Do not list in the references. Include relevant information in parentheses, e.g. (Cambodia Daily, 10 September 1993, p.8). There is no need to include authors' names and article titles.
Further information on submission guidelines is available from the publications section.