Journal of South Asian Development


The Journal of South Asian Development is a peer reviewed journal. It is a forum for discussing all facets of development in South Asia, comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, and is published three times in a year by SAGE Publications. The Journal was launched in 2006.
It is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Editorial Board

The Journal's editorial structure comprises an Editorial Board, editors, associate editors, and a book review editor.
As of 2018, the editors include Vegard Iversen, Carol Upadhya, Geert De Neve, Joe Devine, and Sabyasachi Kar. The Editorial Board includes Ashutosh Varshney, Katy Gardner, Andrew Wyatt, Craig Jeffrey and Kaushik Basu among others.

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of South Asian Development is abstracted and indexed in: