The purpose of the journal is to publish creative and scholarly work in the realm of international cooperation. Submitted manuscripts should have a relationship to international cooperation. The journal aims to publish the best research on international development issues in a form that is accessible to practitioners and policy-makers as well as to an academic audience. The main focus is on the development issues. It seeks to explore ways of improving standards of living and the human condition generally, by examining potential solutions to problems such as poverty, unemployment, malnutrition, disease, civil conflict. It is published every quarter in March, June, September, December of each year.