About the Journal
The Planning Development Initiative Journal (PDIJ) is a peer-reviewed journal that serves as a platform for scholarly work that addresses the challenges, methodologies, practices, and innovations in development planning, monitoring, and evaluation. The journal welcomes contributions that engage with both theoretical and applied aspects of planning and development. It focuses on sustainable development, policy impact, and social and economic well-being. The journal aims to provide an evidence-based understanding of planning and development interventions, assessing their effectiveness, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Thematic areas include planning; development planning theories and practices; policy analysis and formulation; monitoring and evaluation systems; sustainable development and resilience building; global development trends and challenges; development finance and resource mobilisation; community engagement and participatory development; emerging topics in planning and developing such as digital information in development, development in the context of AI and automation, and role of big data and smart cities in urban planning; ethics, governance, and institutional capacity; agriculture and food security; entrepreneurship and innovation in development planning; environment water resource management; climate change; and, trade, markets, and value chain development.
PDIJ with ISSN 3088-5094 publishes twice a year, in March and September.
