A critique of Islamic economics and finance is launched against the backdrop of what otherwise is essentially the … Islamic economics and finance have forever forgotten how to treat this central and immutable praxis from the truly Quranic … standpoint. Hence this paper argues that Islamic economics, finance, Islamic banking, Islamic development organisations, methods …

A critique of Islamic economics and finance is launched against the backdrop of what otherwise is essentially the … Islamic economics and finance have forever forgotten how to treat this central and immutable praxis from the truly Quranic … standpoint. Hence this paper argues that Islamic economics, finance, Islamic banking, Islamic development organisations, methods …

implications – The larger goal of the Islamic finance and banking movement should be to be in harmony with the maqasid of Islam to … light of the Islamic finance literature and the general attitude and approach of the Islamic finance industry and its … advocates. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an expanding theoretical and empirical knowledge base about Islamic finance …

microfinance. While not yet significant in most Sub-Saharan countries, several features make Islamic finance instruments relevant …Islamic finance is a fast growing activity in world markets. This paper provides a survey on Islamic Finance in SSA …. Ongoing activities include Islamic banking, sukuk issuances (to finance infrastructure projects), Takaful (insurance), and …

Microfinance schemes have been operational since the 1960s, however, they mostly involve conventional finance, whereas … microfinance can be provided on a shar¥cah compliant basis and what instruments and structures could be used. The implication of … this paper is that shar¥cah compliant microfinance is best provided by non-banking institutions, which in the case of the …

microfinance contracts which involve the payment of interest. This paper describes and experimentally tests Islamic …Microfinance has been identified as an important tool in increasing the productivity of the poor and in aiding economic …-compliant microfinance products in the context of information asymmetry and costly state verification. We find significantly higher …

Qard al-hasan is the ultimate aspiration in the Islamic banking system and this study meets the most challenging Islamic …

Muslims majority, represents a potential for Islamic microfinance especially that most Muslims reject the conventional … recent years microfinance has emerged as an important instrument to relieve poverty in the developing countries. Today there … countries where the proportion of people in poverty is high. The existing microfinance in Nigeria serves less than 1 million …