Abstract
In spite of the abundant natural and human resources coupled with several decades of institutional poverty reduction strategies and programmes in the Muslim world , the Muslim Ummah is still bedevilled with abject poverty. There is urgent need to investigate poverty in the Muslim world because poverty is, in all probability, a dehumanising phenomenon. In fact, it is an indictment on integrity and self-esteem. This chapter, therefore, provides background to the issues of poverty and livelihood sustainability investigated in this book. It also examines most of the reasons that make the study of poverty in the Muslim world apt.
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Notes
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One such conference was convened in Malaysia from 14 to 15 December 2004, with the caption, ‘International Conference on Poverty in the Muslim World : Causes and Solutions’.
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Anthony Faiolla is a Washington Post Staff Writer at the time of writing this book. His news article has been captioned: ‘World Bank Counts More Poor People: New Figure Represents Change in Methods, Not in Fortunes’ Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Available at: http://www.washingstonpost.com.
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The Maliki and Shafi’i Schools of Law support this view. See Amanullah, Muhammad, 2004, in Chap. 3.
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Abdulai, AM., Shamshiry, E. (2014). Introduction. In: Linking Sustainable Livelihoods to Natural Resources and Governance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-053-7_1
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