Islamic microfinance as an alternative to conventional financing practices : The need to address the poverty in Pakistan

Microfinance has been identified as an important tool that can reduce poverty in developing countries. However, current practices are similar to conventional financing which are traditionally based on debt and price against interest rate. These practices do not effectively alleviate poverty as the m...

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Main Authors: Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Abbas, Kausar
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/25895/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/25895/1/%28_C_-_8%29_INCIEB_2012_-_FULL_PAPER_195_%28R%29-4.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/25895/4/Dr_Dzuljastri_session.pdf