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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16 playsOn 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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13 playsZakat 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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12 playsConvergence 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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9 playsImpact 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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1 playsThe objective of Islamic finance is expressed by the higher ethical objectives of Islamic law (maqasid al-Shariah) which emphasizes the well-being of all stakeholders… -
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3 playsBlended 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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7 playsIslamic 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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0 playsThe 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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8 playsIslamic 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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2 playsMudaraba is a form of partnership in profit whereby one party, the fund provider, provides capital, and the other party, the fund manager, provides management skills or… -
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2 playsThe 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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0 playsThe 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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6 playsImpact measurement is quantifying effects directly or indirectly attributable to actions and it entails tracking performance against objectives and the resulting… -
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0 playsIslamic 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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2 playsGreen and social investments are innovative Shariah-compliant instruments designed to finance green infrastructure and development projects. They have the potential to… -
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3 playsThere are some potential sources where the private sector can play a pivotal role in financing the Sustainable Development Goals such as blended finance, impact…