Role of Zakah and Awqaf in Poverty Alleviation (Occasional Paper No. 8)

Comprehensive study of the use of zakah and awqaf at the macro-level to transition populations out of poverty, concluding that the potential for success in the use of zakah to eliminate poverty is contingent upon the GDP and population size of individual countries, and also upon the establishment of laws, regulations, and responsible institutions to ensure their proper use.. Also argues that these two financial alternatives could play an essential role in the redistribution of opportunities and assets to increase productivity.