Building an Inclusive and Responsive Financial Ecosystem for Sustainable Development

Dear Collegues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit your research work for our upcoming Special Issue on "Building Inclusive and Responsive Financial Ecosystems for Sustainable Development." This Special Issue will focus on the critical role of financial inclusion in responsive governance and sustainable development. Financial inclusion is a key driver of economic growth, poverty reduction, and social equity, and it is essential for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We welcome contributions that explore the interplay between financial inclusion, responsive governance, and sustainable development. We aim to bring together a diverse range of perspectives and insights from scholars, policymakers, and practitioners from different parts of the world. The Special Issue will cover a broad range of topics related to financial inclusion, including the role of financial inclusion in achieving the SDGs, innovative financial inclusion strategies, the policy and regulatory framework for financial inclusion, financial inclusion and gender, and financial literacy and education. We encourage submissions that are rigorous, original, and offer new insights and perspectives on the topic. We welcome both theoretical and empirical papers, as well as policy-oriented papers that offer practical recommendations for policymakers and practitioners. The target audience for this Special Issue includes scholars, policymakers, and practitioners working in the fields of finance, economics, public policy, and development studies. The Special Issue will be of interest to academics, policymakers, and practitioners who are interested in the links between financial inclusion, responsive governance, and sustainable development. We encourage you to submit your manuscript by the deadline of 25 December 2023. All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and the selected papers will be published in a Special Issue of JRFM, MDPI. Please visit the journal website for submission guidelines and instructions. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to receiving your submission. 

Dr. Kuldeep Singh
Prof. Dr. Rebecca Abraham
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Risk and Financial Management is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• financial inclusion
• responsive governance
• sustainable development
• digital financial services
• microfinance
• community banking policy and regulatory environment
• gender equality
• financial literacy
• financial education