The International Journal of Poverty and Sustainable Development (IJPSD) is committed to maintaining academic integrity and publishing only original scholarly work.

All submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism before entering the peer-review process using appropriate similarity detection tools. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, excessive similarity, data fabrication, falsification, or other forms of academic misconduct may be rejected or returned to the authors for revision.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their submissions are original and that all sources are properly cited and acknowledged. Proper quotation, citation, and referencing practices must be followed throughout the manuscript.

The journal reserves the right to take appropriate action in cases of suspected ethical misconduct in accordance with accepted standards of scholarly publishing.