-
From SDG Academy
The Islamic financial sector financing infrastructure projects would comply with its ideological standing as these projects are real assets and benefit the community at… -
From SDG Academy
The financial sector can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals in five key activities that can be discussed under two broad categories. First, proactively… -
From SDG Academy
Islamic social finance institutions can be developed to protect against the impact of negative shocks on poorer households. In the case of negative shocks, zakat can be… -
From SDG Academy
Financial exclusion can exist due to involuntary or voluntary reasons. Involuntary financial exclusion arises due to economic or social reasons as financial institutions… -
From SDG Academy
The evidence shows that Islamic banking withstood the shocks of the global financial crisis much better than its conventional counterpart. For the financial system… -
From SDG Academy
The contribution of Islamic financial institutions to environmental and social goals would partly depend on how the broader goals of Islamic law are conceptualized and… -
From SDG Academy
Islamic teachings provide guidance in using resources and economic transactions within Islamic finance such as balance in use, avoiding waste and using the property… -
From SDG Academy
Islamic values and principles related to economics and finance can be broadly classified as ethics and legal rules. Ethical values concern moral teachings covering… -
From SDG Academy
Low-income people are vulnerable to risks as poverty and vulnerability reinforce each other whereby risk events can move households into poverty traps. Since negative… -
From SDG Academy
Justice forms one of the hallmarks of Islamic teachings and guides economic and financial transactions. Further, the overall aim of Shariah is to promote welfare or…