Some lessons from Islamic credit systems
Malcolm Harper is Emeritus Professor of Enterprise Development at Cranfield University in the UK. He is Editor-in-Chief of Small Enterprise Development, the international journal of microfinance and business development, and author of numerous books and articles.
Introduction; MALCOLM HARPER; Financing challenges for small enterprises - The experience of; Sudanese Islamic Banks; B ADR-EL-DIN A. IBRAHIM; Examples of partnership financing for microenterprise - The case of; Sudanese Islamic Bank 13; . M.E.T. EL-BHASRI and NAWAL ABDALLA ADAM; Musharaka financing for small enterprise ,under the Jordan Islamic Bank's; lending programme 19; MOHAMMAD HAMDAN; The experience of Dawaimeh self-help group in musharaka financing 22; KHOLOUD KHALDI; The experience of traditional savings groups and El Kifaya Bank in financing; poor women; SAFAA ELAGIB ADAM; ACORD musharaka credit programmes in Sudan; ASIM NOURAIN; Musharaka financing for small enterprises in Pakistan; MUHAMMAD RAMZAN AKHTAR; Interest-free credit for Jordan Valley farmers and cattle herders; MOHAMMAD AHMAD EL-KARAKI; A proposal for musharaka finance for fishing people in Malaysia; SAAD AL-HARRAN; Group-guaranteed lending and savings for Afghan women; BABAR AZIZ, JACQUELINE BASS, BARY HELSETH, BEHRUZ MASHREQUI, MADELINE HIRSCHLAND, ELLEN PRUYNE and REBECCA SALT1; Partnership financing for small enterprise - Problems and; suggested improvements; MUSTAFA GAMAL-ELDIN ABDALLA; Conclusions and recommendations; MALCOLM HARPER