Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development
Development Studies | Economics & Development Studies | Urban, Rural & Regional Economics
Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development (APJORD), a bi-annual academic journal, is a flagship publication of CIRDAP. It is devoted to the issues and discussions on rural development, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region.
The journal provides a platform for the academicians, policymakers, NGOs, research scholars and other stakeholders interested in Integrated Rural Development (IRD) to exchange and share ideas, opinions, field observations and empirical findings on various facets of rural development.
APJORD focuses on Integrated Rural Development keeping in view the six programme priorities of CIRDAP. These are: (a) sustainable development and efficient use of natural resources (e.g. land administration and management, waste management and natural resource management); (b) livelihoods (e.g. poverty reduction, economic productivity through technological innovation, upgrading and diversification and related policies, skill development, entrepreneurship, access to financial services and sustainable tourism); (c) access to basic services (e.g. food and nutrition security, safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation, health and education, affordable reliable and modern renewable energy, access to information, decent housing, and rural transportation access); (d) climate change (e.g. strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change, and mitigation of adverse impact); (e) governance (e.g. strengthening local governance and CBO/CSOs, and gender inclusive governance) and (f) management of rural areas in transition.
With this interdisciplinary journal, CIRDAP fulfils its mandate as a service institution to its member countries for promoting sustainable integrated rural development through dissemination of knowledge and promotion of policy dialogue.
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development is a peer-reviewed journal that provides a platform for publication of articles in all areas of rural development. The aim of this journal is to provide a platform for policymakers and academicians to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of rural development. The journal publishes conceptual, empirical and review papers in the form of research articles, reports of ongoing research, analyses of current and topical practice, policy issues relating to rural development field notes, and book reviews. APJORD is a peer-reviewed journal and adheres to a rigorous double-blind reviewing policy in which the identity of both the reviewer and author are always concealed from both parties.
Subject areas include any thematic areas related to sustainable integrated rural development aligned with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The thematic areas are including but not limited to the following:
• Sustainable use of natural resources
• Management of rural areas in transition
• Land and water resources management
• Agro processing and rural market
• Rural livelihoods and poverty reduction
• Education and skill development
• Entrepreneurship and financial inclusion
• Climate change
• Local governance
• Food and nutrition
• Health and hygiene
• ICT and geospatial technology for rural development
• Renewable energy for rural consumption
• Rural transportation
• Sustainable rural tourism
| Cherdsak Virapat | Director General, Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), Bangladesh |
| Mohammed Helal Uddin | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Tahrunessa Abdullah | Development Consutlant, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Community Leadership, Bangladesh |
| Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad | Chairman, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF); Member of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winning, UN IPCC Team, Bangladesh |
| Momtaz Uddin Ahmed | Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka; Former Member, Planning Commission, Bangladesh |
| Salehuddin Ahmed | IRD Expert, Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP); Professor, BRAC University; Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh |
| Mohammed Farashuddin | Founder President and Vice-Chancellor, East West University; Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh |
| Jayant K Routray | Professor and Academic Senate Chair, Regional and Rural Development Planning, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand |
| Tahsina Tabassum Sajuti | CIRDAP Research Division, Bangladesh |
| Edna A Aguilar | Research and Extension, University of the Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB) College, The Philippines |
| Ganesh Chand | Vice Chancellor, Fiji National University, Fiji |
| S Mahendra Dev | Director (Vice Chancellor), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India |
| Agus Dwiyanto | National Institute of Public Administration, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia |
| Md Rafiqul Hoque | Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Agriculture University, Bangladesh |
| Khalid Johari | Head of Unit, Unit for Rural Education Research, School of Education and Social Development, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia |
| Nowshad Khan | Dean F/O Sciences/Chairman, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan |
| Myo Kywe | Rector, Yezin Agricultural University (YAU), Myanmar |
| Motiei Langrodi | Professor and Academic Member, Center of Excellence for Rural Studies and Planning, University of Tehran, Iran |
| Somkit Lertpaithoon | Rector, Thammasat University, Thailand |
| Hira Bahadur Maharjan | Vice-Chancellor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal |
| Worsak Kano-Nukulchai | President, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand |
| Hoang Manh Quan | Director, Centre for Rural Development, Vietnam |
| Wakil Ahmad Sarhadi | Dean of Agriculture Faculty, Kabul University, Afghanistan |
| Sithong Thongmanyvong | Director, Research Division, Faculty of Forestry, National University of Laos, Lao PDR |
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