Introduction - Is there an alternative? -- 1 In the beginning -- 2 From the swinging '60s to AI - the emergence of Islamic finance -- 3 2008 financial crisis - Did Islamic finance outperform traditional finance? -- 4 Murabaha, Salam and Takaful - Do these models reflect Islamic finance values?...

“This book provides much needed insights and knowledge about the growing world of multilateral development banks. By including twenty-five global, regional, and sub-regional banks, it systematically presents main features, challenges, and potentials of these important development institutions....

This book argues that contemporary society in general, and public administration specifically, can benefit from more reflexive learning processes through democracy and public involvement. It identifies the most central social practices, dilemmas, and challenges for public management as well as...

Chapter 1: Conceptual Issues and Historical Development of the Bretton Woods Financial Institutions -- Chapter 2: Assessing How Well the Bretton Woods Financial Institutions Fulfill Their Mandate -- Chapter 3: Assessing How Well the Regional Development Banks Fulfill Their Mandate -- Chapter 4:...

Chapter 1. ESG investment (by Tadahiro Nakajima) -- Chapter 2. Does ESG index have strong conditional correlations with sustainability related stock indices? (by Wenting Zhang, Tadahiro Nakajima, and Shigeyuki Hamori) -- Chapter 3. Measuring Tail dependencies Between ESG and Renewable Energy...

Jorge Braga de Macedo as an Economic Historian: The Transition of the Portuguese Economy from the Authoritarian to the Democratic Period (1960-1979) -- Bagehot for “Followers”: How Did the Portuguese Lender of Last Resort Manage the First Post World War I Crisis? -- What’s in a Bond? The...

Chapter 1. Accounting for the Growth of Government -- Chapter 2. The Size and Composition of Government Spending in Multi-Party Systems -- Chapter 3. High Tax Compliance Results in Smaller Government -- Chapter 4. Does Technology Drive The Growth of Government -- Chapter 5. A Congressional...