@article{1446261,
      recid = {1446261},
      author = {Ali, Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid,},
      title = {Empowering the poor through financial and social inclusion  in Africa : an Islamic perspective /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {This book discusses financial inclusion, gender equality,  regulatory regimes for microfinance, women empowerment, and  digital finance from an Islamic perspective. It encourages  the reader to reflect on whether the delivery of financial  services from an Islamic perspective might be attainable  and lead to achieving global financial inclusion. Accessing  financing is one of the most formidable challenges facing  disadvantaged in IsDB member countries. The race to serve  these niche markets has led to the emergence of  conventional microfinance. There remains the lingering  question of whether conventional microfinance in its  current form has conclusively led to poverty alleviation  among Muslim communities. Hence, there is a need of having  Shariah-compliant business model that depends on Islamic  socio-economic tools such as Zakah, Sadaqah, and Waqf might  best address the needs self-financial exclusion or the  exclusion of the extremely poor in Muslim. Abdelrahman  Elzahi Saaid Ali is Senior Economist at the Islamic  Development Bank Institute (IsDBi). Before joining IsDBi in  2008, Dr. Elzahi held a faculty position as Associate  Professor of Economics at Sudan University of Science and  Technology. Dr. Elzahi received his BSc in Banking and  Finance from Sudan University of Science and Technology, MA  in Economics from Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, and  PhD in Economics from the International Islamic University  Malaysia. He is a co-editor of Revitalization of Waqf  Economic Development, Volumes I & II, and the main author  of Volumes I & II of Financial Inclusion through Islamic  Finance. His current research areas include Digital  Financial Inclusion Technology Adoption in achieving  sustainable development.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1446261},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00925-9},
}