Journal of Illicit Economies and Development

The Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) focuses explicitly on the relationship between illicit economies and comprehensive approaches to development. It aims to provide policymakers and practitioners with in-depth analyses into illicit markets and their potential impacts on the planning and implementation of projects in complex settings – whilst facilitating for the emergence of a new cross-disciplinary academic debate on these issues. JIED seeks to address the issues faced by policy makers and practitioners operating in Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings (FCAS) particularly. However, it welcomes the submission of studies from the Global North and non-conflict affected settings, where there is a clear need for further in-depth analyses of how illicit economies affect wider socioeconomic processes and outcomes. JIED is open to and actively encourages the use of new methodologies and approaches to researching illicit economies

Funded by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GITOC), with additional support from LSE Library.