Islamic finance has been growing rapidly since its launch in the 1970s. The major market for this industry is typically the Middle East and it is gaining popularity in the UK, USA and Southeast Asia. Malaysia is the leading Islamic finance industry in Southeast Asia while its neighbor Singapore...

Singapore is experiencing a rapid growth of e-learning and it was estimated that e-learning market in 2005 was around US $106 million. Adequate infrastructure, rapid advancement of ICT sectors, globalization and changes in demographic profile, increasing demand for knowledge workers,...

Bangladesh adopted a liberal economic regime, particularly in the areas of trade, finance, and capital account, since mid-1980s. This study seeks to evaluate the impact of liberalization on the country’s economic growth by analyzing the 1974-2002 data with the help of cointegration and error...

Given that religion drives people’s behavior and actions in a more productive direction, it is not possible to separate religion from development. After a meticulous review of theory and empirical literature, the paper concludes that the relationship between religion and development is likely...