期刊名称：WORLD BANK RESEARCH OBSERVER ISSN： 0257-3032 出版频率： Semi-annual 出版社： OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD, ENGLAND, OX2 6DP   出版社网址： http://www.oup.co.uk/ 期刊网址： http://wbro.oxfordjournals.org/ 影响因子： 1.667(2015年) 1.190(2014年) 2.1(2013年) 2.045 (2012年) 1.409(2011年) 主题范畴： DEVELOPMENT STUDIES;    ECONOMICS 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal The World Bank journals enjoy the largest circulation of any economics title; the Research Observer is freely distributed to more than 9,100 subscribers in non-OECD countries. The World Bank Research Observer seeks to inform nonspecialist readers about research being undertaken within the Bank and outside the Bank in areas of economics relevant for development policy. Requiring only a minimal background in economic analysis, its surveys and overviews of key issues in development economics research are intended for policymakers, project officers, journalists keeping up to date, and teachers and students of development economics and related disciplines. Papers for the Observer are not sent out to referees, but all articles published are assessed and approved by the Editorial Board, which includes three to four distinguished economists from outside the Bank. The Observer has nearly 1,500 subscribers in OECD countries and nearly 10,000 subscribers in developing countries. The journal has an impact factor of 0.955 and is ranked 45/172 in the Economics category, and 6/38 in the Planning and Development category of the ISI Journal Citation Reports (2004). The World Bank Research Observer is covered by ISI Social Sciences Citation Index ISI Social SciSearch ISI Alerting Services ISI Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences Instructions to Authors Submission Requirements Length: 10,000¨C12,000 words (about 30¨C35 double-spaced pages) Abstract of about 150¨C200 words Microsoft Word electronic file submitted to Shanta Devarajan and copied to Jean Ponchamni Content Exposition is a priority for WBRO. The article should be intelligible and, if possible, interesting, for someone without much economics experience. The target audience (see masthead) is "anyone interested in development"¡ªfor instance, a project officer, or a student, or an economist wanting to keep up with areas outside his/her specialty. To this end: No equations, or if they have to be used, they should be comprehensible at about the seventh grade level. 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