scholarly journals Halal Money: Financial inclusion and demand for Islamic banking in Norway

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 205316801875762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torkel Brekke
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
The West ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Financial Exclusion ◽  
The World ◽  
Muslims In The West

Financial inclusion is high on the agenda for governments as well as for organizations such as the World Bank. Research has pointed out that Muslims worldwide are less included in the formal financial system than non-Muslims, but there is no knowledge about the extent to which religious norms (most importantly the ban on interest on money) lead to financial exclusion among Muslims in the West. In this article I approach the issue of financial exclusion and inclusion through three interrelated questions that will be answered with data collected in Norway 2015 and 2016. The questions are: (a) To what extent do Muslims see conventional banking as a problem in their own lives? (b) Do level of education, age, national background or level of religiosity predict demand for Islamic banking? (c) Is demand for Islamic banking changing? This article is a first step in what should be a broader research program to find out whether and how religious norms cause financial exclusion of Muslims in the West.

What determines financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa?

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydney Chikalipah
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Ssa Countries

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of financial inclusion (FI) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the World Bank country-level data from 20 SSA countries for the year 2014. Findings The empirical findings in this study indicate that illiteracy is the major hindrance to FI in SSA. The findings provide useful information to government agencies and international development organisations. Also, the findings can help accelerate and strengthen FI strategies among SSA countries. Research limitations/implications Some countries were excluded from the final analysis due to lack of data. Practical implications In the last two decades, there has been renewed interest in fighting financial exclusion in Africa. Therefore, this study provide evidence which clearly shows that enhancing literacy levels in a country can immensely contribute towards building the financially inclusive societies in the SSA region. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to empirically test the determinants of FI in SSA using the World Bank FI data set. Furthermore, this is the first attempt to estimate the determinants of FI with a combined data of SSA countries.

scholarly journals Whither Financial Inclusion? Performance of Bangladesh in the 2017 Global Findex

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Sajid Amit
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

On April 19, 2018, the third Global Findex Database was released by the World Bank at the Bank’s Spring Meetings. According to CGAP, this dataset is “the financial inclusion community’s best demand-side measure of financial inclusion globally.” Overall, the dataset points to an increasingly inclusive financial world that is also transitioning to a digital economy. Bangladesh, too, made impressive gains in certain yardsticks for financial inclusion based on this dataset. For instance, the share of people with financial accounts increased from 29 percent to 41 percent, in three years. However, financial inclusion yardsticks should go beyond opening of bank and financial accounts and also encompass usage of accounts. It is only when people are actively using their accounts will we have meaningful financial inclusion.

Establishment of Zakat Bank

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-94
Author(s):  
Hakimah Yaacob ◽  
Adli Yaacob ◽  
Khairul Hidayatullah Basir ◽  
Qaisar Ali
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
The World

When the Islamic bank was first established in 1963, they realised leveraging on the conventional platform was an easy way out to create an Islamic banking system. Despite of financial outcry, multiplications, and lack of welfare on the customers, the bank continues championing the financial system. Behaving as an alternative to the conventional financing, Islamic banking is no different. With all the conventional guidelines and controlled regulations of IMF and the World Bank, the Islamic bank's hands are tied. Nothing much has been done to ensure a complete move out to assist customers in getting ‘good financing facility,' which is humane in nature. This chapter is an attempt to explore Zakat Bank out of banking furore using a Zakat platform. The finding suggests that the establishment of Zakat Bank is crucial to ensure the true financing based on Shariah principles and guidelines. This chapter adopts library research including reports and guidelines from the financial regulators. The chapter concludes with a proposed model for a Zakat Bank for authority's consideration.

scholarly journals The Role of the World Bank in the Inclusive Financing of Tourism as an Instrument of Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Isabel Carrillo-Hidalgo ◽  
Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Construction Activity ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Right

It is widely accepted that tourism, given the right conditions, can be an important instrument of economic growth and a means of improving the quality of life for the societies in which it is implemented, particularly in developing territories. International financial institutions are aware of the role that tourism can play in this regard and, accordingly, have included it within their strategies to further sustainable development and financial inclusion. The World Bank is one of the institutions working to foster tourism, although, interestingly, it only began working in this area very recently (2016). This paper analyses the role of the World Bank in the inclusive financing of tourism as an instrument of sustainable development and compares it with the finance allocated to another four sectors in the branch of trade and industry. To this end, using a system of indicators previously tested in the literature, it analyses a total of ninety-two projects directly related with tourism, trade, manufacture, services, and housing construction activity. The results obtained, when compared to the finance allocated to other sectors of trade and industry (to which tourism also belongs), indicate that the World Bank’s financing of tourism could sharpen its focus on financial inclusion, which would ensure greater efficiency and efficacy in the attainment of its poverty reduction and development goals.

scholarly journals The need for Islamic banking services in commercial banks of Uzbekistan and its positive impact on economic growth

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 43-46
Author(s):  
Tursunov Anvar Sultanovich
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World

This article presents the development of Islamic banking services, development trends in the World Bank financial system and the factors influencing the growth of the country’s economy. Today, two-thirds of Islamic finance is concentrated in Islamic banks. The urgency of establishing Islamic banking services in commercial banks is highlighted. There are practical suggestions and recommendations for the development of this area.

The impacts of foreign direct investment and globalisation on economic growth in West Africa: examining the role of political governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 1733-1755
Author(s):  
Waliu Olawale Shittu ◽  
Hammed Agboola Yusuf ◽  
Abdallah El Moctar El Houssein ◽  
Sallahuddin Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Unit Root ◽  
West African ◽  
The Political ◽  
The West ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Political Governance

PurposeThis paper measures the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI), globalisation and political governance on economic growth in West Africa. The empirical analysis also includes the interaction effect of political governance and FDI on the growth of the sub-region, over the period of 1996–2016.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs the autoregressive distributed lag technique on data obtained from the World Bank and the KOF institute.FindingsThe study findings suggest a positive relationship between globalisation and political governance on economic growth. Even though there have been inconclusive results on the FDI–growth nexus, the authors found that FDI stimulates the growth of the sub-region, while political governance enhances the positive impact of FDI on economic growth. The other factors of growth included are labour, capital and government size, whose effects on growth are, respectively, negative, negative and positive.Practical implicationsThe governments of the West African countries promote policies that attract FDI into the sub-region, so that economic performances may be enhanced. In addition, the governments of the West African sub-region should work to reap the benefits of globalisation, by promoting the competitiveness of their local economies in order to keep pace with the global markets. Finally, the political-governance infrastructures should be overhauled; the culture of accountability and transparency should be promoted, while all efforts should be made to improve stability in the political environment in order to increase investors' confidence in the West African economy.Originality/valueThis study is the first to single out the impacts of political governance, as categorised by the World Bank, through both direct and interactive measures. This is necessary in view of the assertion that political governance largely accounts for improved economic performance in an economy. The use of the Pesaran (2007) technique of unit root is also a deviation from existing studies. This is in view of the fact that it tests variable unit root in the presence of cross-sectional dependence; thus, controlling for contemporaneous correlation which was not considered in the first-generation tests.

Elitism and Democracy

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-72
Author(s):  
Ronald Dore
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The West ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Imf

The East is having an impact on the West. No sooner has the great ideological divide between capitalism and socialism evaporated with the collapse of the controlled economics of Easter Europe, than a new debate arises about the conflict between different kinds of capitalism. In the World Bank and the IMF, Japanese delegates protest at the way in which developing countries and the ex-communist countries are being required to conform to American notions of capitalist efficiency -- as described and prescribed by neo-classical economists, a tribe within which Americans predominate1.

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