Islamic Banking /

Islamic banks are prohibited from charging or paying interest, and thus can operate only on the basis of profit-sharing arrangements. This paper provides a brief survey of the theory and practice of Islamic banking. It covers developments in Islamic banking since the mid-1970s, how such banks operat...

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Autor Principal: Mirakhor, Abbas
Outros autores: Khan, Mohsin
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/088
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Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF