Open Access Policy

The Journal of Policy and Development Studies (JPDS) is committed to promoting unrestricted access to knowledge, education, and research. To support the global exchange of knowledge, JPDS follows an Open Access Policy and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this licence:

• Authors retain full copyright and publishing rights for their scholarly work.
• Published articles are freely available to the public without subscription or paywall barriers.
• Readers are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to, or use the full text of articles for any lawful purpose, provided that proper attribution is given to the original work.

By submitting and publishing in JPDS, authors agree to this copyright policy under the CC BY 4.0 license, ensuring maximum visibility and accessibility of their research.