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jde-literature-positioning

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Use when staking a manuscript's contribution against the development-economics literature for the Journal of Development Economics (JDE). Positions the paper at the frontier; it does not write a standalone survey.

When to use

• staking a manuscript's contribution against the development-economics literature
• positioning the paper at the frontier
• locating the specific development literature
• staking the gap precisely
• claiming the increment
• building a three-column map of incumbent conversation, unresolved tension, and delta
• returning a ledger of claim, evidence, risk, and manuscript location
• comparing against sibling venues

When not to use

• writing a standalone survey
• surveying the field but never staking a claim
• positioning against general economics
• claiming novelty of setting alone as a contribution

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