ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAM: PRELIMINARY RESEARCH FINDINGS FROM INDONESIA

Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation in South Africa1

Islamic Finance. Inclusive Growth and Poverty Alleviation

(ISHRAT HUSAIN) Most of the attention on Islamic finance has so far been focused on the regulatory framework, products and services offered, comparability with conventional finance, risk management characteristics, Shariah compliance, and expansion and penetration issues. Very little work has been done to explore the unique features of Islamic finance for the larger good of the society particul...

Impact of Microfinance Bank on Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria

This study aimed at providing full coverage on the impact of microfinance Bank on poverty Alleviation in Nigeria. Microcredit firms provides small loans to poor people and small enterprises. This study provides an overview of the role and performance of micro finance in Nigeria. The major objective of the study is to examine the microfinance sector their performance and its impact on different ...

A Poverty Alleviation Program and Birthweight

Using conditional and unconditional quantile regressions this paper finds that the Mexican conditional cash transfer program PROGRESA Oportunidades has had a positive but distributionally regressive effect on the birthweight of babies born into enrolled households. The program impact varies from 135 grams on birthweights at the 20th percentile of the conditional distribution to 207 grams on bir...

The Evaluation of Qard-al-Hasan as a Microfinance Approach in Poverty Alleviation Programs

Different countries have implemented various methods in their poverty elimination programs. Redistribution policies, financing low income groups, subsidizing, enhancing the capabilities of the poor, and… are among the traditional policies for poverty elimination programs. The study of concept of poverty is always one of the most important considerations in Islamic thoughts. Islamic Shariat wit...