Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Islamic Finance, Volume II

Part I. Islamic Financial Inclusion for Sustained Growth and Poverty Alleviation.- 1. Introduction; Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali, Khalifa Mohamed Ali and Mohamed Hassan Azrag.- 2. Financial Inclusion for Poverty Alleviation: The Role of Islamic Finance in Bangladesh; M. Mizanur Rahman.- 3. Does Bank Concentration and Financial Development Contribute to Economic Growth? Evidence from OIC Countries; Edib Smolo.- 4. Using Islamic Banking to Improve Financial Inclusion in Selected States of Northern Nigeria: The Case of Jaiz Bank PLC; Adamu Usman Abubakar.- 5. Financial Inclusion Disclosure in Islamic Microfinance: The Case of Baitul Mal Wa Tamwil; Rahmawati, Hafiz-Majdi Ab.Rashid, Hairul Azlan Annuar and Siti Alawiyah Sira.- 6. Public Awareness and the Role of Islamic Deposit Insurance in Promoting Financial Inclusion; Salisu Hamisu and Rusni Hassan.- 7. Islamic Financial Inclusion for Agriculture Development: The Case of South AL-Dweim Agricultural Microfinance Projects in the White Nile State, Sudan (2016-2018); Elkhidir Elamin Mohammed Abdelrasoul.- 8. Enhancing Financial Inclusion through Sustainable Islamic Microfinance in Pakistan: A Participatory Products Development Perspective; Muhammad Khaleequzzaman.- Part II. Islamic Financial Inclusion for Sustained Growth and Poverty Alleviation.- 9. Enabling Mobile Microfinance: Opportunities and Challenges; Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali and Khalifa Mohamed Ali.- 10. The Role of Islamic Finance in Achieving Economic Growth: An Econometric Analysis of Pakistan; Syed Muhammad Abdul Rehman Shah, Kashif Raza and Shaherbano.- 11. The Impact of the Islamic Banking Industry on Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Pakistan; M. Abubakar Siddique, Miraj-ul-Haq and Memoona Rahim.- 12. Alleviating Poverty through Islamic Microfinance: Factors and Measures of Financial Performance,

Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali is a Senior Economist at the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Before joining IRTI, he was Associate Professor of Economics at Sudan University of Science and Technology. Abdelrahman has written and edited a number of academic publications, including Revitalization of Waqf for Socio-Economic Development (Palgrave, 2019).

Khalifa Mohamed Ali is a Senior Economist at IRTI. Before this, he was Associate Professor of Economics at the United Arab Emirates University, and taught economics at Iowa State University, USA, where he also studied. Khalifa is the Editor of the Arabic edition of Islamic Economic Studies, one of IRTI's flagship publications, and has published extensively in the area of Islamic finance.



Mohamed Hassan Azrag is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Ibn Sina University, Sudan. Prior to this he studied Accounting and Finance at Sudan University of Science and Technology where he gained his FCCA qualification.