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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792725503321

Titolo

Global Report on Islamic Finance 2016 : : A Catalyst for Shared Prosperity?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2017

ISBN

1-4648-0927-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages)

Collana

Global Report on Islamic Finance

Disciplina

336.091767

Soggetti

Finance, Public - Islamic countries

Finance (Islamic law)

Banks and banking - Islamic countries

Islamic countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Acknowledgements --Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- 1. Islamic finance and shared prosperity -- 2. The state of development and shared prosperity in OIC countries -- 3. The Islamic banking sector -- 4. Islamic capital markets -- 5. Takāful (Islamic insurance), Retakāful, and Micotakāful -- 6. Nonbank financial institutions -- 7. Alternative asset classes -- 8. Islamic social finance -- 9. Public policy measures to enhance shared prosperity -- Chatper attributions -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Income inequality has increased considerably in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-08 to the extent that one percent of global population possess almost half of the global assets. Whereas the development community is unanimous to tackle growing inequality and imbalance in the distribution of wealth, there is a difference of opinion as to the approaches to achieve this goal. This report presents a perspective from Islamic finance on how shared prosperity can be enhanced. The theoretical framework for economic development by Islamic economics and finance is based on four fundamental pillars: (i) an institutional framework and public policy oriented to the development objectives of Islam; (ii) prudent governance and accountable leadership; (iii) promotion of the economic and financial



system based on risk sharing; and (iv) financial and social inclusion for all, promoting development, growth, and shared prosperity. There is evidence that Islamic finance is experiencing high growth with the banking sector leading the way. Several countries are working seriously towards developing standards, regulation and legal frameworks for the development of Islamic finance. However, there are a number of aspects where policy interventions or improvements in policy effectiveness are needed to develop Islamic finance to promote shared prosperity. Without the enabling environment, Islamic finance may not be able to attain the potential expected of it. With adequate policy interventions and enabling financial infrastructure, Islamic finance could become a catalyst for alleviating poverty and inclusive prosperity.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789380103321

Autore

Browne Kevin Adonis

Titolo

Tropic tendencies : rhetoric, popular culture, and the anglophone Caribbean / / Kevin Adonis Browne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-8229-7911-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture

Classificazione

LAN015000

Disciplina

427/.9729

Soggetti

English language - Caribbean Area

English language - Caribbean Area - Rhetoric

Popular culture - Caribbean Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: A Jour Overt""; ""Chapter 1. Mas Rhetorica: A Brief Discourse on the Caribbean Carnivalesque""; ""Chapter 2. Structure, Strategy, and Rhetorical Parameters in Caribbean Expression ""; ""Chapter 3. From the Darker Side of a Schism: Performance and the Prohetic Masque ""; ""Chapter 4. ""We Is People"" : Earl Lovelace, Ethos, and a Rhetoric of Venacular Fiction ""; ""Chapter 5. Inhabiting the Digital Vernacular;  The



Old Talkers, The Caribloggers, and the Jamettes""; ""Conclusion. Or, Reprise fro the Carnivalesque""

""Bibliography """"Discography ""

Sommario/riassunto

"A legacy of slavery, abolition, colonialism, and class struggle has profoundly impacted the people and culture of the Caribbean. In Tropic Tendencies, Kevin Adonis Browne examines the development of an Anglophone Caribbean rhetorical tradition in response to the struggle to make meaning, maintain identity, negotiate across differences, and thrive in light of historical constraints and the need to participate in contemporary global culture"--