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ABSTRACT Climate change affects all individuals, regardless of wealth, social class, or religious background, though its impacts and adaptation strategies vary. While existing literature examines climate change adaptation based on farming categories, geographic regions, and cropping systems, limited research explores how social class shapes adaptation ...
Nasir Abbas Khan +2 more
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Shariah governance for Islamic microfinance Industry = Tadbir urus bagi industri kewangan mikro Islam [PDF]
Microfinance is a growing industry that caters to various forms of financing for the financially underprivileged segment of any society. The microfinance industry aims to provide financial assistance to the poor, small and medium enterprises (SMEs ...
Ab. Nasir, Wan Amir Shafiq +2 more
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Socially responsible investment (SRI) sukuk has a high potential to be an innovative financing mechanism for Islamic microfinance. This paper explores the possibility of implementing SRI sukuk for raising funds to support the microfinance industry and to
Mohamed Yassine Khouildi +1 more
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Advent of Islamic microfinance in Senegal
In Senegal, as elsewhere in the WAEMU zone, access to credit for vulnerable micro entrepreneurs is a major concern despite the important role of traditional microfinance institutions. To effectively solve this problem, Islamic microfinance has been identified as an alternative offer, alongside conventional finance in order to give access to bank ...
Massamba Souleymane SECK +1 more
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Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums
ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro +3 more
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Financial Inclusion through Islamic Microfinance: Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries
This study explores the important role played by Islamic microfinance in promoting financial inclusion in developing countries. Using empirical evidence, this research shows how Islamic microfinance institutions have helped in reducing poverty and ...
Muhammad Syahrul Hidayat +3 more
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Indonesia is a country with the largest Muslim population in the world and has extraordinary potential in the amount and assets of Islamic microfinance and can be a reference for the application of Islamic Microfinance in other countries.
Azhar Alam +3 more
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The Challenges of Islamic Microfinance (Indonesia Evidence)
Microfinance institutions and Islamic microfinance institutions that do not have a body would be transformed into cooperatives (Coop) or shareholder firms (SHFs) company under the act No.1 of 2013 (UU No.1 Tahun 2013) regarding microfinance institutions.
Lucky Nugroho Prastowo
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A deep learning approach to risk management modeling for Islamic microfinance
Islamic Microfinance rides two recent growing trends: conventional microfinance and Islamic banking. It offers financial flexibility to the poorest strata of the population in different Muslim countries by borrowing and mixing techniques from ...
Klemens Katterbauer, Philippe Moschetta
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Do Women Make Better Borrowers and Loan Officers? Evidence From Afghanistan
ABSTRACT This study explores how gender is associated with microfinance loan performance in Afghanistan, a conservative and conflict‐affected society. We use data from over 9500 borrowers across Taliban‐ and government‐controlled areas for the period from January 2017 to February 2020, before the 2021 Taliban takeover.
Mustafa Disli +2 more
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