Islamic banking and finance–Essays on corporate finance, efficiency and product development

Hatem A. El-Karanshawy (Editor), Azmi Omar (Editor), Tariqullah Khan (Editor), Salman Syed Ali (Editor), Hylmun Izhar (Editor), Wijdan Tariq (Editor), Karim Ginena (Editor), Bahnaz Ali Al-Quradaghi (Editor)

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Abstract

The International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance (ICIEF) is the leading academic conference in the discipline organized by the International Association for Islamic Economics (IAIE) in collaboration with other key stakeholders, including the Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank. It is the pioneering international conference on Islamic economics organized first in Makkah Al Mukaramah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in 1976 under the auspices of King Abdulaziz University and has since been held in numerous locations around the world. The conference as such has contributed immensely to the promotion of Islamic economics and finance. Since 2011, the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), of Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, has also become a key partner in organizing the conference.
The global economy continues to face the perennial problems of poverty, persistent youth unemployment, excessive inequalities of income and wealth, high levels of inflation, large macroeconomic and budgetary imbalances, exorbitant debt-servicing burdens, inadequate and aging public utilities and infrastructure, skyrocketing energy prices, and growing food insecurity. The reoccurring regional and global financial crises further intensify and magnify these problems, particularly for the underprivileged segments of the world population. As a result, many countries are at the risk of failing to achieve by 2015 the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations. Hence the achievement of an inclusive and sustainable economic and financial system has remained highly illusive.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherBloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals
Volume3
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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