Islamic Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa : Status and Prospects /

Islamic finance is a fast growing activity in world markets. This paper provides a survey on Islamic Finance in SSA. Ongoing activities include Islamic banking, sukuk issuances (to finance infrastructure projects), Takaful (insurance), and microfinance. While not yet significant in most Sub-Saharan...

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Hovedforfatter: Gelbard, Enrique
Andre forfattere: Hussain, Mumtaz, Maino, Rodolfo, Mu, Yibin
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/149
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