| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
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World Bank e-Library.
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| Contents |
Foreword-Kenneth G. Lay; Foreword-Dr. Shamshad Akhtar; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part One: Principles and Key Stakeholders; Box 1.1 Principles of an Islamic Financial System; Table 1.1 Development of Islamic Economics and Finance in Modern History; Table 2.1 Theoretical Balance Sheet of an Islamic Bank Based on Maturity Profile and Functionality; Table 2.2 Sources and Application of Funds; Figure 2.1 Contracts and Instruments; Table 2.3 Size of Islamic Financial Institutions in 1999; Figure 3.1 Partnership in Corporate Governance of Banks |
| Summary |
Islamic finance is emerging as a rapidly growing part of the financial sector in the Islamic world and is not restricted to Islamic countries, but is spreading wherever there is a sizable Muslim community. According to some estimates, more than 250 financial institutions in over 45 countries practice some form of Islamic finance, and the industry has been growing at a rate of more than 15 percent annually for the past several years. The market's current annual turnover is estimated to be 70 billion, compared with a mere 5 billion in 1985, and is projected to hit the 100 billion mark by the tur |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-280) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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| Subject |
Banks and banking -- Islamic countries.
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Financial institutions -- Islamic countries
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Risk management.
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Bank management -- Islamic countries
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Finance -- Islamic countries
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Risk Management
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risk management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Banks & Banking.
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Bank management
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Banks and banking
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Finance
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Financial institutions
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Risk management
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Bank
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Risikomanagement
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Bankväsen -- Islamiska länder.
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Finansiella tjänster -- Islamiska länder.
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Islamic countries
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Islamische Staaten
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Iqbal, Zamir, author.
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| LC no. |
2007015328 |
| ISBN |
9780821371428 |
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0821371428 |
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