Islamic Economic Studies Vol.9, No. 2, March 2002 FINANCING MICROENTERPRISES: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS HABIB AHMED ∗ While conventional microfinance institutions (MFIs) have expanded their operations in the last two decades, poverty-focused MFIs based on Islamic principles are lagging behind. This paper provides the theoretical basis, operational framework, and empirical support for the establishment of Islamic MFIs. After critically evaluating the conventional
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Business School National University of Singapore bizqmj@nus.edu.sg Last Revised: December 2011 Forthcoming, Journal of Financial Intermediation Abstract With extensive cross-country datasets and India firm samples, as well as our own surveys of small and medium firms, we examine the legal and business environments, financing channels, and growth patterns of different types of firms in India. Despite the English common-law origin and a British-style judicial system, Indian firms face weak investor
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relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development. What role if any do creativity and problem solving play in this relationship? Refer to both theory and examples from the business world to support your discussion COPY 1 TITLE OF MODULE: Entrepreneurship and Business (N11440 MY) Title of Work: Discuss the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development. What role if any do creativity and
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Devlin 13 September 2013 Chapter 1 7. Explain how current economic indicators, such as inflation and unemployment, affect you personally. Explain how they may affect you as a manager. The current economic indicators may affect me personally because if the unemployment rate is too high I will struggle to find a job, and if inflation is too high then it would be very hard for me to pay for my needs, such as food and rent. The current economic indicators may affect me as a manager because inflation
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help revive the economy? Based on the theory of the Business cycle we know that, the economy can raise or fall, over time. In the United States of America as everywhere else in the world when the economy rises it is an economic boom just what it sounds like when business is booming. When it falls the sound is bad, fear, just like a bomb with the decline of the GDP, high unemployment rate, increased business failure( prices fall, people purchase fewer products, and business
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cyclones on poverty levels of Mozambique 5 3.0 The polices aimed at reducing poverty 6 1) Economic and Social Rehabilitation program (ESRP) 6 2) Strategy For Development of Small and Medium sized Enterprises 6 3) Master Plan: Director Plan for Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters 7 4) Strategic Plan for Agricultural
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Related Discipline Research Articles Qing Tian I. Introduction Business and economics papers have made a significant contribution to the development of the corporations and economics growth. However, it may be difficult for the readers to fully understand the materials if the structure of the papers is very complicated. In recent decades, there is an increasing trend in the complicacy of business and economics papers (Ellison, 2000). This phenomenon will induce more complexity in comprehending
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Mancur Olson’s main argument is that small groups are more efficient when it comes to benefitting the common good compared to large groups. Within small groups opinions are heard and tend to be more productive due to close face-to-face interactions. A small amount of members are less likely to face the social pressures than that of larger groups who receive negative incentives. A large group of members may cause a low percentage of participation and thus tends to work better if they are “federal”
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Nowadays, entrepreneurs are increasingly prevalent in the society and it seems that they function as an inseparable part in the context of economic development since their close involvement in the processes of manufacture, trading and profit generation. However, it also appears that the term entrepreneurship is not easy to understand although this subject seems similar to the term of entrepreneur. Based on this background, this essay will first fully analyze the principal subject of entrepreneurship
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norms of WTO create new organizational and legal environment of functioning, which on its own way creates mixed reaction. Based on this Russia needs deployed and targeted preparation for enter to WTO, without political rush, without damage for economic security and taking into account the views
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