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Small Solutions: Poverty Alleviation Through Islamic Microfinance

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The main aim of this chapter is twofold: firstly, to check the relationship between Islamic microfinance and the socio-economic welfare of women, and secondly, to explore the perspective in which Islamic microfinance packages function and the system of their performance can be enhanced. The main results show that growth in women’s revenue and resources played an important role in improving women’s financial freedom and sense of self-possession.

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  1. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Prof. Abul Hassan

  2. Accounting and Finance, Swansea University, Swansea, South Glamorgan, UK

    Prof. Sabur Mollah

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Hassan, A., Mollah, S. (2018). Small Solutions: Poverty Alleviation Through Islamic Microfinance. In: Islamic Finance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91295-0_12

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