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Research Papers

A Microeconomic Model of an Islamic Bank
by Habib Ahmed
The paper explains why Islamic banks choose relatively less risky fixed-income instruments and argues that the share of profit sharing instruments can be increased if Islamic financial institutions operate as investment intermediaries instead of liquidity providers.
Published: 1423H/2002 Pages: 39 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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A Survey of the Institution of Zakah: Issues, Theories and Administration
by Abu al Hasan Sadeq
The paper focuses on the theoretical and administrative aspects of Zakah and examines its major Fiqhi issues. The paper further more reviews the administrative issues related to Contemporary Application of Zakah.
Published: 1415H/1994 Pages: 71 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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An Intra-Trade Econometric Model for OIC Member Countries: A Cross Country Analysis
by Boualem Bendjilali
The empirical findings indicate the factors affecting the inter-OIC member countries’ trade. The study draws some important conclusions for trade policymakers.
Published: 1421H/2000 Pages: 45 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Assessment of the Practice of Islamic Financial Instruments
by Boualem Bendjilali
The present paper analyses the Islamic Financial Instruments used by two important units of the IDB viz. The IDB Islamic Banks Portfolio (IBP) and the IDB Unit Investment Fund (UIF). It investigates the patterns adopted by IBP and UIF in projects selected for funding.
Published: 1416H/1996 Pages: 78 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Banking Efficiency in Bahrain: Islamic vs Conventional Banks
by Khaled Hussein
The paper estimates the profit efficiency of 16 banks operating in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The paper compares the efficiency of Islamic banks with their conventional counterparts using the stochastic frontier analysis.
Published: 1425H/2004 Pages: 61 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Cereal Deficit Management in Somalia with Policy Implications for Regional Cooperation
by Mahmoud A. Gulaid
The study assesses cereal food supply and demand conditions and characteristics of Somalia.
Published: 1411H/1991 Pages: 62 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Comparative Economics of Some Islamic Financing Techniques
by Fahim Khan
It is an attempt to present some economic dimensions of the major Islamic financing techniques in a comparative perspective.
Published: 1412H/1992 Pages: 48 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Contemporary Practices of Islamic Financing Techniques
by Ausaf Ahmad
The book describes Islamic financing techniques used by various Islamic banks and explores differences, if any, in the use of these financing techniques by these banks.
Published: 1413H/1993 Pages: 75 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Drought in Africa: Policy Issues And Implications for Development
by Mahmoud A. Gulaid
It defines the policy issues having direct bearing upon the development needs of contemporary rural Sub-Sahara Africa within the framework of socio-economic conditions of the rural household.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 86 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Economic Cooperation among the Members Of the League of Arab States
by Mahmoud A. Gulaid
It attempts to assess the magnitude of inter Arab trade and capital flow and to find out achievements and problems in this area.
Published: 1406H/1985 Pages: 110 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Economic Cooperation and Integration among Islamic Countries: International Framework and Economic Problems
by Volker Nienhaus
The author recommends a model of self-reliant system of trade relations based on a set of rules and incentives to produce a balanced structure of the intra-group trade and to prevent the polarization and concentration of costs and benefits of integration.
Published: 1406H/1986 Pages: 163 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Economics of Diminshing Musharakah
by Boualem Bendjilali, Tariqullah Khan
The research paper discusses the nature of Musharakah and Mudarabah contracts. It introduces the Diminishing Musharakah contract and describes its needs and application.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 104 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Economics of Small Business in Islam
by Muhammad Muhsin
The study concentrates upon the possible uses of Islamic financial techniques in the small business sector.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 68 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Effects of Islamic Laws and Institutions On Land Tenure with Special Reference To Some Muslim Countries
by Mahmoud A. Gulaid
The book traces out distributive and proprietary functions of the Islamic law of inheritance. It further assesses the effects of this law on the structure of land ownership and on the tenure modalities in some Muslim countries.
Published: 1411H/1990 Pages: 59 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Engineering Goods Industry for Member Countries: Cooperation Policies to Enhance Production and Trade
by Boualem Bendjilali
The study investigates the issue of cooperation policies to enhance trade and production of the engineering goods industry in member countries.
Published: 1422H/2001 Pages: 69 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Exchange Rate Stability: Theory and Policies from an Islamic Perspective
by Habib Ahmed
This research discusses the exchange rate determination and stability from an Islamic perspective and it presents a monetarist model of exchange rate determination.
Published: 1421H/2001 Pages: 50 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Financing Agriculture through Islamic Modes And Instruments: Practical Scenarios And Applicability
by Mahmoud A. Gulaid
The paper examines the functional and operational activities done during production and marketing of agricultural commodities and contemporary Islamic modes that Islamic banks use to finance them and assesses the possibility of financing them through Islamic instruments.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 93 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Financing Trade in an Islamic Economy
by Ridha Saadallah
The paper examines the issue of trade financing in an Islamic framework. It blends juristic arguments with economic analysis.
Published: 1419H/1998 Pages: 70 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Human Resources Mobilization through the Profit-Loss Sharing Based Financial System
by Fahim Khan
It emphasizes that Islamic financial system has a more powerful built-in model of human resources mobilization than the existing conventional models.
Published: 1413H/1992 Pages: 64 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Instruments of Meeting Budget Deficit in Islamic Economy
by Monzer Kahf
The present research sheds new lights on instruments for public resources mobilization that are based on Islamic principles of financing, rather than on principles of taxation.
Published: 1417H/1997 Pages: 86 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Interest-free Alternatives for External Resources Mobilization
by Tariqullah Khan
This study, discusses some alternatives for the existing instruments used for external resource mobilization in Pakistan.
Published: 1418H/1997 Pages: 44 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Islamic Economics in a Complex World: Explorations in Agent-based Simulation
by Sami Ibrahim Al-Suwailem
This paper suggests that complexity theory provides an alternative paradigm to the Neoclassical framework widely adopted in economic studies. It states that the new paradigm calls for a different methodology than the one used by the mainstream: agent-based simulation allows for exploring rich and highly complex problems in an intuitive and systematic manner.
Published: 1429H/2008 Pages: 151 Price: 10.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Islamic Financial Instruments to Manage Short-term Excess liquidity
by Osman Babiker Ahmed
This paper formally discusses the practices of Islamic Financial Institutions and the evaluation of Islamic Financial Instruments and markets.
Published: 1417H/1997 Pages: 100 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Islamic Futures and their Markets with Special Reference to their Role in Developing Rural Finance
by Fahim Khan
The study addresses (a) what is un-Islamic about Contemporary Futures Trading (b) can these markets be restructured according to Islamic principles and (c) would it be beneficial if it is so reshaped.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 80 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Islamic Socioeconomic Institutions and Mobilization of Resources with Special Reference to Hajj Management Fund of Malaysia
by Mannan, M.A.
The thrust of this study is on mobilizing and utilizing financial resources in the light of Malaysian Tabung Hajj experience. It is an excellent example of how a specialized financial institution can work successfully in accordance with the Islamic principle.
Published: 1418H/1997 Pages: 103 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Issues in Islamic Corporate Finance: Capital Structure in Firms
by Habib Ahmed
This research paper gives a literature review on Islamic firms and capital structure.
Published: 1428H/2007 Pages: 40 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Research Papers

Land Ownership in Islam
by Mahmoud A. Gulaid
The book surveys major issues in land ownership in Islam. It also seeks to define and establish rules for governing land and land-use in Islam.
Published: 1412H/1991 Pages: 46 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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On the Demand for Consumer Credit: an Islamic Setting
by Boualem Bendjilali
The study discusses the economic implication of the main axioms that govern the consumer credit in an Islamic framework. It derives the demand function for consumer credit, using the Murabaha modes. A simple econometric model is built to estimate the demand for credit in an Islamic setting.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 52 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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On the Design and Effects of Monetary Policy in an Islamic Framework: The Experience of Sudan
by Adam B. Elhiraika
The study analyzes the experience of Sudan with monetary policy before and after the full adoption of Islamic modes of finance in 1990. It will result in better understanding of the opportunities and constraints arising from economy-wide adoption of Islamic principles of finance.
Published: 1425H/2004 Pages: 54 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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On the experience of Islamic Agricultural Finance in Sudan: Challenges and sustainability
by Adam B. Elhiraika
The research discusses various formats of successful microfinance institutions that can assist in promoting wider outreach and financial self-sustainability in the agricultural financial market according to Shar?‘ah principles.
Published: 1424H/2003 Pages: 74 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Operational Structure for Islamic Equity Finance - Lessons from Venture Capital
by Habib Ahmed
The paper examines various risks in equity and debt modes of financing and discusses the appropriate institutional model that can mitigate theses risks.
Published: 1425H/2005 Pages: 39 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail , Abstract


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Practices and Performance of Modaraba Companies (A Case Study of Pakistan’s Experience)
by Tariqullah Khan
The paper studies institutional framework, evolution and profile of Mudarabah companies in Pakistan and also compares performances of some of these companies with those of other companies.
Published: 1416H/1996 Pages: 143 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Principles of Islamic Financing (A Survey)
by Monzer Kahf, Tariqullah Khan
It surveys the historical evolution of Islamic Principles of Financing.
Published: 1413H/1993 Pages: 46 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Profit-Loss Sharing Model for External Financing
by Boualem Bendjilali
It is an attempt to construct a model for a small open economy with external financing. It spells out the conditions to attract foreign partner to project investment instead of investing in the international capital market.
Published: 1415H/1994 Pages: 59 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Project Appraisal: A Comparative Survey of Selected Conventional and Islamic Economics Literature
by Kazim Awan
It attempts to answer two basic questions: (1) What are the areas of conflict, if any between conventional project appraisal methodology and generally accepted injunctions of Islamic Finance and (2) Given that there are significant differences, the paper shall attempt to embark on how should Islamic financiers deal with them.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 62 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Prospects for Cooperation through Trade among OIC Member Countries
by Kazim Awan
The paper is an attempt to specify particular commodities in which intra trade among OIC Member Countries could be increased.
Published: 1406H/1985 Pages: 100 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Redeemable Islamic Financial Instruments and Capital Participation in Enterprises
by Tariqullah Khan
It argues that redeemable financial instrument is capable of presenting a comprehensive financing mechanism and that it ensures growth through self-financing.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 72 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Role of Microfinance in Poverty Alleviation
by Mohammed Obaidullah
This case study discusses how microfinance contributes to poverty alleviation. It talks about programs that have poverty reduction effects such as developing livelihood enterprises and developing growth enterprises.
Published: 1429H/2008 Pages: 73 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Shari’ah Economic and Accounting Framework of Bay ‘Al Salam in the light of Contemporary Application
by Mohammad Abdul Halim Umar
After introducing Bai’al Salam in all its Fiqhi perspective, the author compares the Salam Contract and other similar contracts like Bay’al Ajal, al Istisna’, Bay’al Istijrar and other financing techniques.
Published: 1416H/1995 Pages: 130 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Strategies to Develop Waqf Administration in India
by Hasanuddin Ahmed, Ahmadullah Khan
This book discusses some proposed Strategies for Development of Waqf Administration in India and attempts to spell out prospects and constraints for development of Awqaf properties in this Country.
Published: 1419H/1998 Pages: 189 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Structural Adjustment and Islamic voluntary Sector with Special Reference to Awqaf in Bangaldesh
by Mannan, M.A.
In the paper it is argued that both informal and Islamic voluntary sector can be monetized and can contribute towards mobilizing the savings and investment in an Islamic economy
Published: 1415H/1995 Pages: 113 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Structure of Deposits in Selected Islamic Banks
by Ausaf Ahmad
It examines the deposits management in Islamic banks with implications for deposit mobilization.
Published: 1418H/1998 Pages: 143 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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The Economic Impact of Temporary Manpower Migration in Selected OIC Member Countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey)
by Emin Carikci
The book explains the economic impact of the international labour migration on the economies of Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey. It also reviews recent trends in temporary labour migration.
Published: 1407H/1987 Pages: 90 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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The Islamic Vision of Development in the Light of the Maqasid Al-Shari'ah
by Mohammad Umar Chapra
The paper discusses human development from an Islamic perspective. It shows the objectives of Shari’ah with respect to invigorating the human self, enriching faith, intellect, posterity and wealth.
Published: 1429H/2008 Pages: 65 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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The Theory of Economic Integration and its Relevance to OIC Member Countries
by Kadir D. Satiroglu
It presents concepts, analyses the nature and the principles of theories of regional economic integration and tries to point out relevance for OIC member countries with associated problems, costs and benefits.
Published: 1407H/1987 Pages: 82 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Towards an Islamic Financial Market
by Ausaf Ahmad
This paper efforts to introduce the concept of Islamic Banking and Finance in Malaysia within the overall framework of an Islamic Financial Market.
Published: 1417H/1997 Pages: 92 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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Understanding Islamic Finance: A Study of the Securities Market in an Islamic Framework
by Mannan, M.A.
It presents a case for the Islamic Securities Market (ISM) in an objective and academic manner to serve as a basis for an effective policy prescription.
Published: 1413H/1993 Pages: 113 Price: 5.0 USD View Pub Detail


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