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Copyright
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Permissions
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Translation
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Submission
By email: Use the subject header ‘SUBMISSION’ and send as an attachment to <editor@developmentinpractice.org>

By post: Supply an electronic copy and send to The Editor, Development in Practice, c/o Oxfam GB, Oxfam House, John Smith Drive, Oxford OX4 2JY, UK.

Presentation
Electronic copies must be MS-Word compatible. Indicate the word-processing package used and give the total word count, excluding tables and figures. Do not use embedded features (e.g. footnotes, endnotes, pagination, paragraph numbering) other than the heading levels indicated below. Consult a recent issue of the journal if you are in doubt about any aspect of our style.

If you do not observe our presentational requirements, your article may be returned to you for correction.

1 Title, abstract, and authors
On a separate page give the title of the paper and the names, affiliations, biographical details (50 words each), and full contact details of each author. In cases of multiple authorship, indicate the corresponding author. The full title must not exceed 12 words. To facilitate bibliographical searches, the main title must clearly reflect the content.  Provide an abstract of 100-150 words summarising the main points of the paper.

2 Headings
Use up to three levels of heading, all in sentence-case:

Primary heading (followed by one hard return)
Secondary heading (followed by one hard return)
Tertiary heading: with the text carrying along the same line.

3 Acknowledgements and Notes
Indicate acknowledgements at the end of the paper, not in the notes. Keep notes brief, indicating their placement with a number in brackets after the sentence. (1) Collect the notes at the end of the text. Do not use the endnote facility.

4 References
Keep references to a minimum (not more than 15 works) and include all works cited in the text. Use the author-date system for in-text citations (Razavi 2002:26-31) and list references alphabetically at the end of the paper in the following style:

Book
Razavi, Shahra (ed.) (2002) Shifting Burdens: Gender and Agrarian Change under Neoliberalism, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.

Chapter in edited volume
Mahadevia, Darshini (2002) ‘Sustainable urban development in India: an inclusive perspective’, in David Westendorff and Deborah Eade (eds.) Development and Cities, Oxford: Oxfam GB (in association with UNRISD).

Chapter in book cited in references
Cornwall, Andrea (2002) ‘Making a Difference? Gender and Participatory Development’, in Razavi (ed.) (2002).

Article in journal
Fujikura, Ryo and Mikayasu Nakayama (2002) ‘Post hoc review of involuntary resettlement issues in two power generation projects’, Development in Practice 12(2):208-212.

Unpublished report/mimeo
Smith, Sue (1999) ‘Shaping Oxfam’s Education Strategy’, unpublished report, Oxford: Oxfam GB.

Conference paper
Barahona Portocarrero, Milagros (2002) ‘Gender, Migration and Transnationalism in Nicaragua’, paper presented at the 2002 Conference on Feminist Economics, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 12-14 July.

Internet reference
Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) (1998) ‘Codes, Monitoring, and Verification: Why the CCC is Involved’, available at http://www.cleanclothes.org/codes.htm (retrieved 10 September 2002).

5 Graphics
Present graphics (e.g. Tables, Figures) as separate files with their approximate position marked in the text. Label the files clearly, e.g. Smith-Table1. Graphics must be either in Microsoft Word or in TIFF, EPS, or JPEG format.

6 Language
Use British spelling, following The New Oxford Dictionary of English with the exception of ‘-ise’ endings, e.g. ‘advertise’. Avoid jargon and define all acronyms, abbreviations, and specialist terms. Translate any foreign terms and mark any diacritics on the paper copy. Use the SI metric system and provide a US dollar or Euro equivalent for amounts stated in other currencies.