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Can ODA enable autocratic entrenchment? Investigating donor‐driven cash transfer programmes in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Egypt

Development Policy Review, Volume 43, Issue 4, July 2025.
Abstract Motivation An increasing share of ODA goes to electoral autocratic states. This is concerning because aid carries the risk of entrenching existing power inequalities in recipient states, especially more autocratic ones. Western donors may not be well equipped to navigate these risks, given their own incentive structures to focus on concrete ...
Guido Maschhaupt, Ahmed El Assal, Petronilla Wandeto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Index Insurance for Development

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 199-219, June 2017., 2017
Index insurance is often promoted as a solution to many of the barriers that are thought to limit the supply of formal insurance coverage to smallholder farmers and livestock owners in developing countries. This manuscript summarizes the state of index insurance, paying special attention to the key challenges facing index insurance if it is to become a
Nathaniel Jensen, Christopher Barrett
wiley   +1 more source

FAMILY TAKAFUL (ISLAMIC LIFE INSURANCE) IN BANGLADESH: OPERATIONAL DILEMMAS AND REMEDIAL APPROACHES

Hamdard Islamicus
Takaful industry in Bangladesh has been facing numerous problems. The study explores the operational dilemmas of family Takaful (Islamic life insurance) in Bangladesh and recommends approaches to meet the challenges. A qualitative method is used in this
DR. ISSA KHAN, MD. MAHFUJUR RAHMAN, DR. AZIAN BIN MADUN   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Takaful: chronology of establishment in 47 countries [PDF]

PSU Research Review
Purpose – From 1979 to 2023, the takaful structure has been adopted in many jurisdictions, making the documenting of its early days of establishment relatively difficult and somewhat unreliable.
Ahmad Alrazni Alshammari, Othman Altwijry, Andul-Hamid Abdul-Wahab   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intellectual Property and Islamic Finance: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Islamic Intellectual Property Finance Framework

Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 67, Issue 3, Page 395-412, May/June 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the intersection of Intellectual Property (IP) and Islamic finance, proposing a policy framework to integrate IP valuation into Sharia‐compliant financing. Focusing on the UK, it also extends to global markets, including ASEAN, GCC, and MENA regions.
Nadia Naim, Noor Suhaida Kasri
wiley   +1 more source

On the Design of Islamic Blended Microfinancing for Refugee Entrepreneurship: An Institutional Logic Perspective

Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue S1, Page 25-37, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Uncovering apt policy for refugee self‐reliance is intricate. Refugee entrepreneurship is often hailed as the way forward for such an objective as it deciphers ‘Canvas Ceiling’. However, the lack of financing for unfeasible and unbankable refugee entrepreneurs prevents this from materialising. This article proposes Islamic blended microfinance
Wahyu Jatmiko, A. Azizon, Raditya Sukmana   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of Takaful: The Potential and Role in Financial Inclusion and Challenges Ahead

European Journal of Islamic Finance, 2017
This paper will look to analyze Takaful and the Takaful industry in existence today with regards to its potential for growth and the challenges associated with its development.
Amela Trokic
doaj   +1 more source

Aligning Sustainable Finance and Fintech to Promote an Integrated Approach to Refugee Finance

Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue S1, Page 12-24, January 2025.
ABSTRACT The paper aims to assess the global landscape of refugee finance with an overview of global refugee‐related financing mechanisms and instruments. Despite the growing refugee population worldwide, most refugee financing mechanisms are characterized by their post hoc, grant‐based, small‐scale, short‐term, and unpredictable nature.
Dalal Aassouli, Atieh Hajian, Mehmet Asutay, Rajai Ray Jureidini   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Islamic Moral Economy: Bringing Back Substantive Morality to Humanise Islamic Finance

Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue S1, Page 7-11, January 2025.
ABSTRACT The theoretical foundation of Islamic finance is constituted by the Islamic moral political economy, which aims to provide resource accessibility within the permissibility of Islam to all stakeholders. The complementarity and unitarity nature of the Islamic cognitive system essentialises the interest of all the stakeholders in economic and ...
Mehmet Asutay
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Takāful and conventional insurance demand: A regional analysis

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2017
In this study, we focused on analysing and differentiating the determinants of conventional insurance and Takāful demand across ASEAN and Middle East Regions.
Waheed Akhter, Saad Ullah Khan
doaj   +1 more source