Sustaining Knowledge: The Role of Digital Repositories in Economic Scholarship

This article explores the critical role digital repositories play in preserving, disseminating, and democratizing access to economic scholarship. With the expansion of open access initiatives and the increasing volume of research outputs, repositories offer a sustainable model for ensuring the long-term availability and visibility of economic data, working papers, theses, and peer-reviewed literature. The paper examines repository technologies, sustainability challenges, and the evolving policy landscape, particularly in the context of developing nations such as India. Keywords- Sustaining Knowledge, Digital Repositories, Economic Scholarship