Journal of Development Policy Review - JDPR

jdpr is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. once a paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will be double-blind peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. this process ideally takes 4-8 weeks. jdpr follows the ethics policy as per international standard practice and maintains zero tolerance towards plagiarism. it only publishes original material written by the submitting author(s), not published, forthcoming or submitted to other publications. submitted articles will be checked with plagiarism software. where an article is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgment, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take appropriate action. further, the authors will be responsible for any such violation. the decision of the editorial board regarding selection/rejection/revision of the papers w