Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds managed by Directorates of Religious Affairs and Endowments (DRAE) in Algeria. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors employ data envelopment analysis and measure Malmquist...

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Main Authors:	Djaghballou, Chams-Eddine, Djaghballou, Mohamed, Larbani, Moussa, Mohamad, Azhar
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Published:	Emerald 2018
Subjects:	HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
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spelling	iium-621912019-02-01T01:25:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62191/ Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria Djaghballou, Chams-Eddine Djaghballou, Mohamed Larbani, Moussa Mohamad, Azhar HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds managed by Directorates of Religious Affairs and Endowments (DRAE) in Algeria. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors employ data envelopment analysis and measure Malmquist Productivity Index for DRAE’s input and output data spanning from 2003 to 2013. Findings The authors find that total factor productivity has increased sharply for all zakat funds, mainly due to a technical rather than efficiency change. Further decomposition of the efficiency change into its pure technical and scale efficiency components suggests that the pure efficiency is a more important source of efficiency change than the scale efficiency component, meaning that zakat funds rely on technical aspects to gain efficiency. Originality/value The findings of this study are expected to contribute considerably to the existing knowledge on the operating performance of zakat funds in Algeria. Emerald 2018-08-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62191/1/62191_Efficiency%20and%20productivity%20performance%20of%20zakat%20funds%20in%20Algeria_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62191/2/62191_Efficiency%20and%20productivity%20performance%20of%20zakat%20funds%20in%20Algeria_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62191/13/62191_Efficiency%20and%20productivity%20performance_WOS.pdf Djaghballou, Chams-Eddine and Djaghballou, Mohamed and Larbani, Moussa and Mohamad, Azhar (2018) Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 11 (3). pp. 374-394. ISSN 1753-8394 E-ISSN 1753-8408 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IMEFM-07-2017-0185 10.1108/IMEFM-07-2017-0185
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description	Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds managed by Directorates of Religious Affairs and Endowments (DRAE) in Algeria. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors employ data envelopment analysis and measure Malmquist Productivity Index for DRAE’s input and output data spanning from 2003 to 2013. Findings The authors find that total factor productivity has increased sharply for all zakat funds, mainly due to a technical rather than efficiency change. Further decomposition of the efficiency change into its pure technical and scale efficiency components suggests that the pure efficiency is a more important source of efficiency change than the scale efficiency component, meaning that zakat funds rely on technical aspects to gain efficiency. Originality/value The findings of this study are expected to contribute considerably to the existing knowledge on the operating performance of zakat funds in Algeria.
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author	Djaghballou, Chams-Eddine Djaghballou, Mohamed Larbani, Moussa Mohamad, Azhar
author_facet	Djaghballou, Chams-Eddine Djaghballou, Mohamed Larbani, Moussa Mohamad, Azhar
author_sort	Djaghballou, Chams-Eddine
title	Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria
title_short	Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria
title_full	Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria
title_fullStr	Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria
title_full_unstemmed	Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria
title_sort	efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in algeria
publisher	Emerald
publishDate	2018
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Efficiency and productivity performance of zakat funds in Algeria

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