Development and Society Journal

The Journal Desarrollo y Sociedad is one of the oldest academic journals in Colombia. Its first issue was published in 1979 and 57 volumes have been published since. The journal seeks to publish the results of both national and international research centers. It considers unpublished papers related to economic and social issues of economic development, as well as contributions to theoretical, applied economics and quantitative methods giving special attention to studies about the Colombian and Latin American reality. The journal is aimed at economists, researchers and professionals in other related areas to the economic and social sciences domains. At present, the editions of the journal are defined with thematic approach in order to develop relevant topics in an economic field.

Desarrollo y Sociedad has been indexed by the Índice de Revistas Cientí­ficas y Tecnológicas Colombianas -Publindex (Classification A2), Latindex, Journal of Economic Literature - EconLit, International Biobliography of the Social Sciences -IBSS, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Public Affairs Information Service - PAIS International, Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades -CLASE, International Labor Documentation -LABORDOC, Fuente Académica - EBSCO Information Services, DoTEc - Colombia, RePEc, EconPapers, Ulrich`s International Periodicals Directory, and it has recently been accepted by Hispanic American Periodicals Index and CAB Abstracts.

If you want to submit papers or comments to the journal, please contact the editor: Professor Fabio Sánchez, Director of Economic Development Research Center - EDRC, University of Los Andes, to the address Carrera 1 No. 18A-10, Bloque C, Bogotá (Colombia), Tel.: 3394949, ext. 2400; or to publishing assistant: Professor Humberto Martínez B., by email to revistadesarrolloysociedad@uniandes.edu.co