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Use when polishing prose for a Journal of Development Economics (JDE) manuscript so the development question, answer, and policy stakes land for a field audience. A late-stage polish; do not rewrite the intro before identification and framing are settled.
When to use
- polishing prose for a Journal of Development Economics manuscript
- ensuring development question and answer land for a field audience
- late-stage polish after identification and framing are settled
- rewriting abstracts to state findings with magnitude
- structuring introductions as arguments
- making policy and welfare stakes visible
- ensuring language consistency in American or British English
- executing a style review pass for JDE
When not to use
- rewriting the intro before identification and framing are settled
- tasks where the abstract states a setting but not a finding with a magnitude
- tasks where the introduction buries the development question under methods or data description
- tasks where prose mixes American and British English
- tasks where identification and contribution are not settled
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