About the Journal
The Journal of Economic Policy and Management Issues (JEPMI – ISSN: 2958-6313) serves as an interface between academia and policymakers, addressing contemporary issues in economic policy and management through the exchange of knowledge, research findings, and policy insights.
The establishment of the journal was motivated by the real economic and policy management challenges facing many countries, both developing and developed.
The journal is published by the African Economic and Social Research Institute (AESRI), a virtual research project dedicated to academic and scientific research that was founded in South Africa in 2019 [Registration Number: 2019/249872/07].
The journal operates using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, hosted by LibraryHost, LLC (Florida, USA). It is also currently indexed in RePEc. This means that all papers published in JEPMI will also be freely available on RePEc/IDEAS. JEPMI is additionally indexed/abstracted in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB), Index Copernicus –ICI Journals Master List, and Google Scholar.
The journal covers all facets of economic policy and management issues, including socio-economic policies that have a direct or indirect bearing on the core economic policy-making decisions. The journal particularly encourages multidisciplinary studies that have socio-economic policy content.
The journal welcomes original research on a broad range of economic, business, management, financial, and public policy issues. These include, but are not limited to, macroeconomics, microeconomics, development economics, international economics, finance, banking, institutional economics, tourism economics, industrial economics, managerial economics, entrepreneurship, business management, public policy, governance, energy, environmental sustainability, the digital economy, inequality, poverty, and other contemporary economic and management issues.
Current Issue
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026) – In progress