(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...

AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center is an international not-for-profit organization committed to ensuring the world's food security through research, development, and training. This informal series includes papers prepared for major symposia (proceedings of which may not appear for 1 or 2 years), important statements of speeches, selected seminar papers, or preliminary papers that require rapid ...

Cold dwell fatigue is a well-known problem in the titanium components of aircraft engines. The high temperature and low stress in-service conditions have been reported to give rise resistance through thermal-mechanical alleviation process. Here, tests at room component operating were performed on IMI834 alloy assess microstructural effects cold while eliminating effect chemical composition. rat...

The neurophysiology of tinnitus is poorly understood, and it can have an origin at a number of neural levels, making a psychological approach to treatment attractive. Clinical hypnosis has been demonstrated to be effective in a number of clinical situations, such as irritable bowel syndrome but, in other areas for which it is commonly employed, such as smoking cessation, the evidence is poor. I...

It is difficult to anticipate the steps which will be taken during the next few decades to cope with the problem of providing adequate food for the ever-increasing world population. Curbs on population growth brought about by war and by contraception may play a part in eking out the world resources but the extent of this contribution is impossible to predict. In any event the nutritionist is no...

International development institutions appear to accept the role of business in global development challenges such as poverty alleviation. In 2003 the World Bank was reportedly ‘convinced’ that the private sector has a role to play in the fight against poverty (Wolfensohn 2003, p.19). The 2008 ‘Business and the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) report highlights a consensus within the United...

The planning fallacy, i.e., people’s tendency to underestimate the time required to complete a project despite past failures, is ubiquitous and resistant to coping strategies. We propose scenarios where visualizations may help alleviate this problem, motivated by previous research in psychology. We hope that with the help of visualizations, people will become more reliable in their judgments an...

The academic literature on trade-offs in ecosystem management has paid relatively little attention to justice and poverty reduction objectives. aim of this paper is highlight the multiple dimensions services for alleviation, support decision-makers planning almost inevitable arising from environmental interventions. brings together different or lenses through which analyse alleviation a low-inc...

In Gambia, women groups are the core of developmental activities. The role of women in micro financing for poverty alleviation has long been recognized as vital approach to household welfare. Microfinance generally refers to the provision of financial services (e.g. savings, credit, insurance) to the poor especially women who normally do not have easy access to formal financial institutions. In...