Books

Amman, 20-25 Shawwal 1407 A.H./16-21 June 1987 A.D. : research papers and proceedings : workshop jointly held with the Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia._x000D_ Amman : The Bank : Royal Academy for Islamic Civilization Research (Al Albait Foundation)_x000D_

The symposium here presented was jointly held by the Royal Academy for Islamic Civilization Research (Al Albait Foundation) and the Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia within the framework of the 5th Annual Conference of the Royal Academy.

Uses the United Kingdom as a case study for examining the interaction between Shari’a regulation in Islamic banking and secular regulatory systems in non-Muslim and international settings.

This book brings together original contributions from leading authorities on the subject of Shari‘a Compliant Microfinance (Islamic Microfinance) to propose innovative solutions and models by carefully studying experiments conducted in various countries. Where critiques of the current microfinance concepts, methods, regulatory measures and practices have often revolved around its practice of charging very high interest, this book discusses the several models that draw on both theory and case studies to provide a sustainable Shari‘a compliant alternative.

Contents : A theory of the Islamic world-system -- A formal model of the Islamic world-system -- An evaluation of the occidental world-system -- A general systems theory of knowledge : application to family and ecology -- The world-system according to Ibn Khaldun's prolegomena comparatively viewed -- The Islamic political economy of property and property rights : concepts and application -- Micro-money : Islamic perspective -- An overlapping generation valuation model with debt-equity swaps -- A knowledge model of layers of techniques.

Contents: Reform and elusive growth in the Mddle East : what has happened in the 1990s? / Dipak Dasgupta, Jennifer Keller, and T.G. Srinivasan -- Intra-regional trade integration in the Middle East : past performance and future potential / Rania Miniesy, Jeffrey B. Nugent, and Tarik M. Yousef -- Exchange rate regime and competitiveness of manufactured exports : the case of MENA countries / Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Marie-Ange Vganzons-Varoudakis -- Agriculture and trade liberalization in the MENA region : dynamic impacts of future scenarios / Ali H. Bayar ...