The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Macroeconomic Determinants of Jakarta Islamic Index
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Masrizal . +2 more
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Evaluating the performance of managed funds: The cases of equity, ethical funds and Islamic index [PDF]
Managed funds have become a popular investment tool and possess a lot of advantages. However, in spite of their popularity, most past research findings on the evaluation of performance have suggested that managed funds were unable to do significantly ...
Hassan, Abul
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Value of Information of Improved Traceability in Fresh Produce Markets
ABSTRACT Traceability plays an important role in promoting a safe food supply by fostering transparent information exchange along the food supply chain. New technological innovations have the potential to improve traceability outcomes, as greater transparency along the food supply chain can aid in pinpointing precise origins of the contamination ...
Kelsey Vourazeris +2 more
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This study aims to determine the effect of profitability, leverage, liquidity and the audit committee on the disclosure of Islamic Social Reporting (ISR) in companies listed on the Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) in 2017-2020.
Rimi Gusliana Mais +3 more
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Editorial: From Public Domain to Islamic Philosophy [PDF]
The current edition of Al-Jami’ah: Journal of Islamic Studies throws light on various themes related to contemporary development of Islamic religiosity with its multiple contexts.
Editor Al-Jami'ah: Journal of Islamic Studies +1 more
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Weather Attention in Online Discourse and Price Uncertainty in Agricultural Futures Markets
ABSTRACT Weather is a central determinant of production risk in agricultural markets, but markets respond not only to weather conditions themselves, but also to how those conditions are noticed, framed, and interpreted in public discourse. In this setting, real‐time online weather discussions may shape price uncertainty by influencing how market ...
Mario A. Ortez +3 more
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Which Islamic Index to Invest?
This paper compares the rulebooks of five main Shariah-compliant equity indices—DJIMI, KLSI, FTSE Shariah, MSCI Islamic, and STOXX Europe Islamic 50—inside one fixed S&P 500 stock list from Q1 2019 to Q4 2023. For each index, we build both equally weighted and market-capitalization-weighted portfolios, then check their performances with the Sharpe,
Burak Doğan, Umut Ugurlu
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The Sarajevo stock exchange–Bosna Bank International Islamic Stock Index
Bosna Bank International (BBI) is the only representative of Islamic economics, banking and finance (IEBF) operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H), a secular country enmeshed in a plethora of complex geopolitical events, yet maintains focus and
Omercic, Jasmin
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Psychometric properties of two Islamic measures among young adults in Kuwait: the Sahin-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Islam and the Sahin Index of Islamic Moral Values [PDF]
Given the importance of developing reliable and valid measures in the psychology of religion, and recent growing interest in developing empirical studies within an Islamic context, the present study discusses the properties of two specially designed ...
Sahin, Abdullah +2 more
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