Islamic Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals

Positioning Islamic finance as broadly relevant to Sustainable Development Goals and not only a niche proposition, this course is the first of its kind designed for capacity building in order to engage development professionals and Islamic finance partners for leveraging this vital source for financing sustainable development. From the resemblance of Islamic finance principles to the objectives outlined by the Sustainable Development Goals, to the potential of Islamic microfinance in socioeconomic empowerment, Islamic Finance for the SDGs brings theory and practice together with the authoring and video lecturing contributions of 27 leading subject matter experts.

These videos are from the online course Islamic Finance for the SDGs created by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the IsDB Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Fund – Engage Platform, Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI), Durham University Business School, UNDP Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). They are hosted in the SDG Academy Library.

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Zakat as a Socio-Financial Tool

Zakat as a Socio-Financial Tool

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Zakat as a socio-ﬁnancial tool is used to circulate the wealth in the society from rich to poor. By disbursing zakat to the needy and poor, zakat helps create a caring…
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Impact Investing Part I

Impact Investing Part I

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Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. According to…
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Islamic Finance Impact Investing for Sustainable…

Islamic Finance Impact Investing for Sustainable Development

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Convergence between Islamic finance and impact investing requires a large ethical investor base that is conscious about the ESG factors. This means a greater emphasis on…
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Role of Islamic Finance in Sustainable Development

Role of Islamic Finance in Sustainable Development

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Islamic finance has been receiving increased global attention and has emerged as an effective mode of financing sustainable development. Islamic finance, through its…
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Opportunities of Impact: Joint Green Industrial…

Opportunities of Impact: Joint Green Industrial Innovation

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The third impact is joint green industrial innovation. For IsDB, the industrialization of the member countries is imperative to simultaneously increase the…
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Introduction to Islamic Social Finance

Introduction to Islamic Social Finance

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Islamic social finance can be defined as “the branch of Islamic finance where the products and services offered are designed to achieve social goals with or…
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Islamic Ethical Principles and the Objectives of…

Islamic Ethical Principles and the Objectives of Islamic Law

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Islamic legal principles are attached to certain ethical and moral principles, which links them to both the Sustainable Development Goals and the environmental, social,…
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The Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals

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On September 2015, the 193 countries of the UN General Assembly set 17 new goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) representing a set of global expectations to…
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Pillar II - Governance and Leadership

Pillar II - Governance and Leadership

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The first pillar of the Islamic development framework is building an objective-focused institutional framework that creates an enabling atmosphere for public policy…
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Financing Infrastructure

Financing Infrastructure

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The Islamic financial sector financing infrastructure projects would comply with its ideological standing as these projects are real assets and benefit the community at…
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Key Principles of the IsDB Business Model

Key Principles of the IsDB Business Model

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To translate its core values into reality, IsDB has focused its efforts on a number of overarching principles. Although governments play an important role in economic…
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Data Collection Approaches

Data Collection Approaches

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To improve impact performance, enterprises and their investors need to access high-quality data on what positive and negative impacts are occurring. There are several…
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Impact Measurement and Management Process

Impact Measurement and Management Process

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Impact measurement and management process can be thought of in a framework of four steps. 1. Creating a plan for impact by mapping the business operations against the…
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Blended Finance

Blended Finance

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Blended finance employs the strategic use of development finance and philanthropic funds to mobilize private capital flows to emerge and frontier markets. It is a method…
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The Islamic Development Framework and Sustainable…

The Islamic Development Framework and Sustainable Development

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The central economic tenet of the Islamic development framework is to develop a prosperous and egalitarian economic and social system wherein all the members of society…
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The Role of Financial Sector in Achieving the…

The Role of Financial Sector in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

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The financial sector can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals in five key activities that can be discussed under two broad categories. First, proactively…

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