banks, and financial cooperatives. In this study we deal with the emerging Islamic microfinance sector in Indonesia …

Microfinance is known to be one of the best tools to combat poverty, and believed to have a positive effect on … environmental awareness. This book analyses the impacts of Islamic microfinance on both poverty alleviation and environmental … respects with conventional microfinance. Islamic microfinance institutions (MFIs) had a more significant impact on poverty …

:Contract details should be clearly documented;Microfinance program should bear the entire financial risk without demanding collateral … business management, while supervision is the right of the microfinance program.The article concludes that patronage of Islamic … financial institutions will enable Islamic microfinance to develop Shariah compliant products that can contribute to poverty …

In recent years, microfinance has emerged as an important instrument to help a large number of “unbankable” members of … this, the Microfinance Policy, Regulatory and Supervisory Framework for Nigeria was launched on December 15, 2005 with a … view to addressing the financial needs of the low income people. As at 31st January 2009, a total of 846 microfinance banks …

-compliant microfinance undertaken by Muslim Aid in Sri Lanka to highlight the need to move beyond the "popular" Islamic banking instruments …

approach to poverty alleviation through microfinance; Emphasizes the need for a dual approach: charity programs for the … destitute, disabled and unbankable, and a microfinance program of wealth creation; Reviews Islamic financial contracts for … participation in microfinance through provision of credit guarantees and safety nets; At the meso level - provision of education and …

This paper explains the building blocks of a microfinance program targeted at Islamic societies, which are … characterized by high and rising levels of poverty and financial exclusion.Conventional microfinance programs often neglect Muslim … rooted in Islamic beliefs and cultures. The paper states that there are no fundamental contradictions in global microfinance …

), Netherlands(1), Malaysia(36), Japan(1), Tunisia(2), Australia(3), Luxembourg(2), Palestine(1), Turkey(2), Saudi Arabia(2 …