About Economic Development
The purpose of the McGill Undergraduate Journal of Development Economics is to recognize and promote valuable research by undergraduate students in the field of development economics. The journal provides access for undergraduates to a resource normally reserved for professionals and graduate students in the field, thus creating a spirit of critical and original thinking, international and cross-cultural dialogue as well as professionalism in young aspiring economists.
The most important ideal, at the heart of this publication, is the spirit of critical thought. The aim of the journal is to recognize those who argumentatively stand up for what they believe to be true. The field of development economics is very dense with important questions, questions which bear heavily on the welfare of many societies. Thus, this Journal looks for complete, well presented and supported new ideas from undergraduate students, expressed through research papers and essays.
A final point worth mentioning in this introduction to the journal is its international character. The journal seeks for submissions internationally and values them equally regardless of origin. Thus not only is the spectrum of EconDev wider than most undergraduate journals, it also promotes an attitude of international understanding and respect among university students. Finally, economic development is an international goal, it demands work from all parts of the world. The journal would like to recognize this by using an international platform.
John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “Words ought to be a little wild for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking,” let us then unbound our imagination and our words and unsettle the economic world through new, bright and sophisticated ideas with style!