Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background Islamic legal principles regulate the conduct and content of commercial transactions in Islamic Banking. The most important of these principles is the prohibition of riba‚ any predetermined or fixed return in financial transactions. As stated in Quran: “Allah forbids riba and permits trade.” While there is much debate about the exact nature of this prohibition on riba‚ there exists a widespread perception that the ban on riba implies ban on interest
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E c o n o m i c & S o c i a l DESA Working Paper No. 76 ST/ESA/2009/DWP/76 July 2009 A f f a i r s Infrastructure finance in developing countries— the potential of sub-sovereign bonds Daniel Platz Abstract This paper sets out to explore the potential of sub-sovereign bonds in financing infrastructure in developing countries. Taking into account the historical experience of the US‚ it develops a supply and demand side framework for analysis of the market for sub-sovereign bonded debt
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Securities and Exchange Board of India Report of the Committee on ’Review of Ownership and Governance of Market Infrastructure Institutions’ November 2010 1 Securities and Exchange Board of India Contents CHAPTER Page. No Background ………………………………………………………... 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction ……………………………………………………… .. 6 Ownership norms ……………………………………………... 33 Governance norms ……………………………………………… .. 51 Measures for conflicts resolution ……………………………….. 57 Other issues ………………………………………………………
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Information Technology and Productivity: A Review of the Literature Erik Brynjolfsson Shinkyu Yang MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge‚ Massachusetts Published in Advances in Computers‚ Academic Press‚ Vol. 43‚ pages 179-214‚ 1996. This research was sponsored by the MIT Center for Coordination Science‚ the MIT International Financial Services Research Center‚ and the Sloan Foundation. The paper is a revised and extended version of an article which originally appeared in the Communications
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country. In the wide range of possible CSR actions‚ each business is expected to focus on areas of their core others. Well chosen‚ well executed CSR actions can enhance the longer run competitive position of a business; bringing in environmentally sounder practices‚ increased employee loyalty and commitment‚ actual and potential increase in customer base. In today’s world academic education is not adequate to enable a student to compete with confidence and reach his/her goal without having
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Decision Making and Problem Solving Independent Study November 2005 FEMA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Course Overview......................................................................................................................... 1 Unit 1: Course Introduction Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1.1 Decisions in Emergency Management .................................................
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INTRODUCTION Wouldn’t it be nice to have your home take care of your thing for you‚ automatically‚ without you having to lift a finger? You bet it would. This is the promise of Home Automation. There are many different systems‚ especially in larger homes‚ that can benefit from being integrated. Some of these systems include security alarm‚ HVAC‚ audio/video & lighting. Home automation integrates together‚ enabling them to function more efficiently‚ improve functionality‚ conserve resources & enhance
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TOURISM STRATEGY of TURKEY - 2023 TOURISM STRATEGY of TURKEY - 2023 MINISTRY OF CULTURE & TOURISM ANKARA‚ 2007 ÒTourism Strategy of Turkey - 2023 and Activity Plan for Tourism Strategy of Turkey 2007-2013Ó dated 28/02/2007 and numbered 2007/4‚ has been approved by the High (supreme) Planning Commission‚ and has been put in to fence after its publication in ’Official Journal’ dated 02/03/2007 and numbered 26450. For its use in publications and references with proper citation of the source
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Islamic Law Teaching Material Developed By: Abdulmalik Abubaker (LL.B‚ MA) Sponsored by the Justice and Legal System Research Institute 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY REMARK………………………………………………………………..1 CHAPTER I: The Historical Development of Islamic Law……………………………..........2 Objective………………………………………………………………………………………….2Introduction…...………………………………………………………………………………….2 1.1. The Pre-Islamic Period…………………………………………………………………
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Tsakalotos(12). 1994. “The scope and limits of financial liberalization in developing countries: A critical survey”. Journal of Development Studies‚ 30 (3). 13. Crystal‚ Jennifer‚ Gerard Dages‚ and Linda S. Goldberg(13) (2002). Has Foreign Bank Entry Led to Sounder Banks in Latin America? Current Issues in Economics and Finance‚ vol. 8‚ issue 1. 14. Martinez-Peria Maria S.‚ and Sergio L. Schmukler(14) (1998)‚ Do Depositors Punish Banks for “Bad” Behavior? Examining Market Discipline in Argentina‚ Chile‚ and
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