This paper examines the causes and policy implications of the 1997-98 financial crises in East Asia from an Islamic perspective. The paper suggests that the crises may be better understood as consequences of internal contradictions in the interest-based financial system as regards risk and...

This paper examines the structure and performance of the financial sector in Sudan and its role in poverty alleviation. The Sudanese financial sector is largely rudimentary and dominated by banks that are extremely small, generally under capitalized and concentrated in big cities. Despite the...