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Small and Medium Enterprises in Muslim Countries
Edited by: Moha Asri Abdullah & Muhammad-Bashir Owolabi Yusuf
ISBN 978-967-418-303-5
Pages : 372
Price : RM 69.00 / € 30.00
Year : 2015

Small and medium enterprises are dominant in every economy
irrespective of its level and stage of development. Naturally,
microenterprises begin small, and then grow to medium size and
ultimately to large size, even though that is not always the case. Having
recognized the overwhelming role of SMEs in terms of employment
generation and income creation through productivity enhancement,
SMEs are being treated as engine of growth particularly in the
developing countries. However, over the last half a century sovereign
governments have been treating different sectors/policies as engines of growth. In the 1960s,
the slogan was, ‘trade not aid’, as an engine of development. Subsequently, the emphasis
has been shifting from import-substitution/inward-looking to

Waqf and Socio-Economic Development
Abdul Ghafar Ismail, Khalifah Mohd Ali & Raditya Sukmana
ISBN : 978-967-418-398-1
WAQF Pages : 658
WAQF and
Socio-Economic Development Price : RM 320.00 / € 100.00
The third sector namely Awqaf, microfinance, and philanthropy have
been to a large degree ignored by policy makers and have, therefore, Year : 2018
remained under developed. The potential for social investment remains and Socio-Economic
dormant as Awqaf sector remains untapped by private investments. The
significance of Awqaf as a charitable trust sector has been increasingly Development
recognized, by many countries. The awqaf need to contribute effectively
to the socio-economic development and assist the poor. Thus, countries
need to develop and implement policies that would encourage the WAQF and Socio-Economic Development
establishment of Awqaf sector. In this context, assistance would be
provided in various forms. This includes by drawing experiences from The third sector namely Awqaf, microfinance, and philanthropy have
other countries that have developed this sector. This book contains
papers that deal towards the objective of designing a better framework
for Awqaf management projects. The papers cover a wide array of Awqaf
issues including the best practices of the Awqaf management models and been to a large degree ignored by policy makers and have, therefore,
the current challenges and opportunities in developing Awqaf for
socio-economic development from the perspective of regulators.
Abdul Ghafar Ismail, PhD. Professor of Islamic banking and financial remained under developed. The potential for social investment
economics, Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic
Development Bank
Khalifa Mohamed Ali, PhD. Senior Research Economist, Islamic Edited by
Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank remains dormant as Awqaf sector remains untapped by private
Raditya Sukmana, PhD. Senior lecturer of Islamic Economics, Abdul Ghafar Ismail
Department of Shariah Economics, Universitas Airlangga Khalifah Mohd Ali
Raditya Sukmana investments. The significance of Awqaf as a charitable trust sector has
been increasingly recognized, by many countries. The awqaf need to
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policies that would encourage the establishment of Awqaf sector. In
this includes by drawing experiences from other countries that have developed this sector.
This book contains papers that deal towards the objective of designing a better framework for
Awqaf management projects. The papers cover a wide array of Awqaf issues including the
best practices of the Awqaf management models and the current challenge and opportunities
in developing Awqaf for socio-economic development from the perspective of regulators.