Development and Finance in Islam

The first book presents the papers and proceedings of the International Seminar on "Islamic Thought: Current Issues and Challenges", held at the International Islamic University, Malaysia during July 1987. The papers presented covered the following areas: Historical and Ideological Basis of Islamic Economics, Development in Islam, Financing Development in Islam, Some Special Aspects in Economics and Business and Case Studies.The second book contains a series of papers which narrowly focuses on financing economic development in Islam and contrasts the same with the mainstream approach.It presents papers primarily in the areas of consumer behavior, savings and investment behavior, sources of financing development and resource mobilization from a development perspective. The remaining papers on public finance and financial systems study financing the economic development