scholarly journals ZAKAT FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND INCOME INEQUALITY REDUCTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qurroh Ayuniyyah ◽  
Ataul Huq Pramanik ◽  
Norma Md. Saad ◽  
Muhammad Irwan Ariffin
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Informal Education ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Chaid Analysis ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Analytical Tools

This research aims to analyze the role of zakat distribution programs for poverty allevation and income inequality reduction among groups in urban and rural areas. It takes the case study of 1,309 zakat beneficiaries managed by the National Zakat Board of Indonesia (BAZNAS) as the coordinating zakat institution in Indonesia, in five different cities and regencies in West Java Province namely, Bogor, Depok and Sukabumi. The analytical tools used in this study are the modification of the Center of Islamic Business and Economic Studies (CIBEST) model, CHAID analysis, Deciles method and Gini coefficient. This study suggests that the present zakat distribution programs can significantly alleviate poverty and reduce income inequality among the observed zakat beneficiaries. It is also found that spiritual supervision and routine assistance form BAZNAS officers, informal education, family size, age and job of the respondents are the variables that are statistically significant in influencing the increase of the households’ monthly income and spirituality. 

scholarly journals The Contribution of Islamic Micro Finance Towards Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study of Bank of Khyber Khud Kifalat Scheme

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 327-338
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saleem Qazi ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Adil ◽  
Dr. Saima Batool ◽  
Yasir Khan
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Future

The aim of this research is to investigate role of Microfinance in Poverty alleviation. Primary data was used in this research and was collected through personally administered questionnaires from 150 respondents. Results showed that most of the respondents were in favor of the Khud Kafalat scheme because it helped them in increasing their living standards and standard of education of their children due to establishing small scale businesses or expanding existing businesses. Moreover, Khud Kafalat Scheme has a very important role in Poverty alleviation and increased their gross monthly income. Furthermore, their satisfaction can also be depicted from the fact that although they observed no change in their employees’ condition but on individual level, most of them, were still in favor of applying again for the loan, if needed, in the future.

scholarly journals PERAN DANA ZAKAT DALAM MENGURANGI KETIMPANGAN PENDAPATAN DAN KEMISKINAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nova Rini ◽  
Nurul Huda ◽  
Yosi Mardoni ◽  
Purnama Putra
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Lorenz Curve ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
Atkinson Index ◽  
Poverty Measures

This research attempts to examine the role of zakat in reducing income inequality and poverty, by taking a case study in Bogor. Two zakat institutions, Baytul Maal Bogor and Baytul Ikhtiar have been selected. A number of well-known inequality and poverty measures have utilized including Lorenz Curve, Gini coefficient, Atkinson index, headcount ratio, poverty gap index, income gap index, sen index and FGT index. After analyzing 200 household as the respondent, this study found zakat has increased monthly income of the household 11,48%. In general, the presence of zakat helps lower the income inequality an average of 0,3% points. The findings suggest that the presence of zakat has make better the income loss of the respondent  an average of 25,7% points. The existence of zakat is able to decrease the poverty incidence an average of 44% points. The gap of poverty can be reduced as the poverty gap show can be reductions of 27%. The depth of poverty can be reduced as the income gap show the reductions 18,8% points. Similarly, the severty of poverty can also be lower as evidenced from 18% points increase in the Sen index and 10% points increase in the FGT index.

scholarly journals The Comparison between Consumption and Production-based Zakat Distribution Programs for Poverty Alleviation and Income Inequality Reduction

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-28
Author(s):  
Qurroh Ayuniyyah ◽  
Ataul Huq Pramanik ◽  
Norma Md Saad ◽  
Muhammad Irwan Ariffin
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Atkinson Index ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
The Gini Coefficient ◽  
One Year ◽  
Economic Studies

This study attempts to analyze the effect of consumption and production-based zakat distribution programs in eradicating poverty and reducing income inequality of the zakat beneficiaries by using the modification of the Center of Islamic Business and Economic Studies (abbreviated as CIBEST) model, Deciles method, Gini coefficient and Atkinson index. It takes the case study of 1,309 zakat beneficiaries managed by the National Zakat Board of Indonesia (abbreviated as BAZNAS) in three different cities and regencies including Bogor, Depok and Sukabumi. It suggests that the present zakat distribution programs conducted by BAZNAS can significantly alleviate poverty and reduce income inequality among zakat beneficiaries. It is observed that one year after receiving zakat programs, production-based programs have higher increase of the material and spiritual condition (represented by falah index) by 300 percentage points while households who obtained consumption-based programs rise by only 20 percentage points. It is also found that the Gini coefficient decreases by 0.017 points while Atkinson index falls by 0.042 points indicating that the income inequality among observed zakat beneficiaries are improved. This study has substantiated the role of zakat for poverty alleviation and income inequality reduction that can benefit development in general. Keywords: Zakat Distribution Programs, Poverty, Income Inequality

scholarly journals Small towns as mediators towards spatial resilience: The case study of network of settlements in Vojvodina region

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-342
Author(s):  
Ivan Simic ◽  
Ratko Bajcetic
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Ecological Resilience ◽  
Spatial Resilience ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Character ◽  
Entire Network

The development of settlements in Vojvodina is burdened by numerous problems, both environmental and social, which seriously jeopardize their path towards resilience. The effects of climate changes have been identified mostly in the form of floods, inundations and prolonged droughts affecting agriculture as the dominant activity in the region. On the other hand, settlements in Vojvodina, especially small towns and villages, suffer from chronic depopulation and the 'emptying' effect. Naturally, this transfers its consequences to major cities and the entire regional network of settlements. In this article we will focus on a particular type of settlement in Vojvodina - small towns, specific because of their urban-rural character and their significance within the above-mentioned issues. What are the possibilities for this type of settlement to improve its ecological resilience, a property that is the conditio sine qua non of sustainability? Our assumption is that small towns, due to their hybrid urban-rural character, possess sufficient flexibility and polyvalence to take on the role of the 'fluid object' i.e. the mediator that allows the proliferation of relational objects between urban and rural areas, and that will allow spatial resilience of the entire network of settlements. We will use the concept of spatial resilience in order to extend the question of ecological resilience of one type of settlement to the entire network of towns.

scholarly journals PERAN DANA ZAKAT DALAM MENGURANGI KETIMPANGAN PENDAPATAN DAN KEMISKINAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Nova Rini ◽  
Nurul Huda ◽  
Yosi Mardoni ◽  
Purnama Putra
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Lorenz Curve ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Income Loss ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
Atkinson Index ◽  
Poverty Measures

This research attempts to examine the role of zakat in reducing income inequality and poverty, by taking a case study in Bogor. Two zakat institutions, Baytul Maal Bogor and Baytul Ikhtiar have been selected. A number of well-known inequality and poverty measures have utilized including Lorenz Curve, Gini coefficient, Atkinson index, headcount ratio, poverty gap index, income gap index, sen index and FGT index. After analyzing 200 household as the respondent, this study found zakat has increased monthly income of the household 11,48%. In general, the presence of zakat helps lower the income inequality an average of 0,3% points. The findings suggest that the presence of zakat has make better the income loss of the respondent  an average of 25,7% points. The existence of zakat is able to decrease the poverty incidence an average of 44% points. The gap of poverty can be reduced as the poverty gap show can be reductions of 27%. The depth of poverty can be reduced as the income gap show the reductions 18,8% points. Similarly, the severty of poverty can also be lower as evidenced from 18% points increase in the Sen index and 10% points increase in the FGT index.

scholarly journals Using Social Media in Tourist Sentiment Analysis: A Case Study of Andalusia during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3836
Author(s):  
David Flores-Ruiz ◽  
Adolfo Elizondo-Salto ◽  
María de la O. Barroso-González
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Social ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Media Data

This paper explores the role of social media in tourist sentiment analysis. To do this, it describes previous studies that have carried out tourist sentiment analysis using social media data, before analyzing changes in tourists’ sentiments and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the case study, which focuses on Andalusia, the changes experienced by the tourism sector in the southern Spanish region as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic are assessed using the Andalusian Tourism Situation Survey (ECTA). This information is then compared with data obtained from a sentiment analysis based on the social network Twitter. On the basis of this comparative analysis, the paper concludes that it is possible to identify and classify tourists’ perceptions using sentiment analysis on a mass scale with the help of statistical software (RStudio and Knime). The sentiment analysis using Twitter data correlates with and is supplemented by information from the ECTA survey, with both analyses showing that tourists placed greater value on safety and preferred to travel individually to nearby, less crowded destinations since the pandemic began. Of the two analytical tools, sentiment analysis can be carried out on social media on a continuous basis and offers cost savings.

scholarly journals VEHICLE – PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT: A CASE STUDY IN UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noorain Mohd Isa ◽  
Ahmad Zaharin Aris ◽  
Zakiah Ponrahono ◽  
Rosta Harun
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Safety ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Pedestrian Movement ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Manual Calculation

Vehicle-pedestrian conflict is a commonly unsafe event that occurs in both urban and rural areas, especially in developing countries. It is still an open research topic, mostly in traffic safety and urban planning, which is utilised for evaluating the behaviours of vehicles and pedestrians at a non-signalised marked walkway. Three stations were selected based on higher daily activities to calculate the regularity of pedestrian movement. A manual calculation method was applied, and the calculation was done only during the daytime. Three different teams were formed to obtain the measurements at the three different sampling points simultaneously. A present study on preliminary vehicle-pedestrian conflict reveals the frequency of pedestrians in a concentrated area and its Level of Service (LOS) in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang. The findings show that rush hour occurs during the mid-day in weekday, when students have finished their classes and adults have gone out for other businesses.

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