Islamic Economies

Stability, Markets and Endowments

Nafis Alam, Syed Aun R. Rizvi, Nafis Alam, Syed Aun R. Rizvi

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9783319479361
• eBook ISBN:
  9783319479378
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Macroeconomics
• Index: Economics

This book explores contemporary empirical issues in Islamic economics. It begins by outlining current trends in Islamic economics and before identifying gaps in the empirical research. It then goes on to discuss the role of institutions in economic growth for Islamic countries, and the fiscal aspects of Islamic economics. It explores issues in debt and growth, as well as the instruments of monetary management in Islamic economics. It analyses the trade-off between growth and stability and concludes with discussion of Zakat and Waqf in driving growth.

Table of contents

• Islamic Economies
• 1 Islamic Economics’ Contribution to Conventional Economics
• 2 Islamic Financial Planning Towards Sustainable Eco-Growth
• 3 Remittances, Political Stability and Economic Development: Empirical Evidence from OIC Countries
• 4 Mitigating Shadow Economy Through Dual Banking Sector Development in Malaysia
• 5 Islamic Common Market an Alternative Model to Globalization
• 6 Issues Deterring the Continued Growth of Awqaf in Bangladesh: The Way Forward to Its Development and Widening the Scope of I s Benefits
• 7 Money in Islamic Banking System
• Index