Editing Development studies (section)

==Professional bodies==

Throughout the world, a number of professional bodies for development studies have been founded:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iccda.net/about.html |title=About ICCDA |access-date=2013-04-16 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221708/http://www.iccda.net/about.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Europe]]: European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)
* [[Latin America]]: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
* [[Asia]]: Asian Political and International Studies Association (APISA)
* [[Africa]]: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
* [[Arabic world]]: Arab Institutes and Centers for Economic and Social Development Research (AICARDES)

The common umbrella organisation of these association is the Inter-regional Coordinating Committee of Development Associations (ICCDA). In the [[UK]] and [[Ireland]], the [[Development Studies Association]] is a major source of information for research on and studying in development studies. Its mission is to connect and promote those working on development research.