Digital Archiving and Repository Access Policy
The Bank and Policy Journal supports LOCKSS-based archiving to ensure permanent preservation of its content.
The Bank and Policy Journal is committed to ensuring the permanent digital preservation, accessibility, and integrity of all published scholarly content. All articles are published in PDF format and made immediately available on the official journal website, providing free, unrestricted, and permanent access to the global academic and research community. No registration, subscription, or authentication is required to view, download, or cite published articles.
To support long-term accessibility and scholarly dissemination, the journal ensures that its published content is distributed, indexed, and discoverable through a wide range of reputable academic search engines, repositories, and digital archiving platforms, including but not limited to: Google Scholar; ResearchGate; Calameo; Academia.edu; IDEALonline; Internet Archive (Archive.org); Scribd
The use of multiple open-access repositories and discovery services enhances visibility, citation potential, and academic longevity of all published works.

Technical Infrastructure and Content Security
The journal maintains its digital archive through professional web-hosting services supported by secured local data servers. This multi-layered infrastructure ensures content redundancy, systematic backup, and rapid recovery in the event of technical disruption, thereby safeguarding the continuity and integrity of the journal’s scholarly record.
This digital preservation strategy reflects current best practices in scholarly publishing and is consistent with the standards adopted by leading international academic publishers, ensuring that articles published in the Bank and Policy Journal remain permanently accessible, citable, and preserved for future generations of researchers.

Self-Archiving and Repository Policy
The Bank and Policy Journal actively supports open science and self-archiving practices. Authors are strongly encouraged to deposit any version of their article—including the final published PDF—in:
Institutional repositories
Personal or departmental websites
Academic sharing platforms
National research archives
Preprint and postprint servers
Self-archiving is permitted immediately upon publication, with no embargo period.

All archived versions should clearly include:
The full article title
Author name(s)
The original journal citation
A DOI link (where available)
This policy is designed to maximise scholarly dissemination, academic engagement, and citation impact, while fully respecting authors’ rights and promoting transparent knowledge sharing.

LOCKSS Archiving Statement
The Bank and Policy Journal supports LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) for digital preservation. The journal permits archiving by LOCKSS-based library systems to ensure permanent and secure access to its scholarly content.