When reform of gender discriminatory law fails, individual action can offer a second-best solution. As most Muslim-majority countries, Tunisia applies Islamic inheritance law, systematically favoring sons...
The halal economy (HE) plays an important role in Malaysia’s economic growth, contributing 7.5 percent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as of 2020. Under the Twelfth Malaysia Plan, 2021-2025 (12MP)...
Low utilization of household credit in developing countries may be partially due to religious considerations. In a randomized marketing experiment in Jordan, this paper estimates the effect of sharia-compliant...
It is known that Muslim women in Nigeria have significantly worse nutritional status than their Christian counterparts. The paper first shows that this difference is explained by covariates including geographic...
Following a chaotic political decolonization, from 1975 to 2000, the Comoros failed to sustain the extension of private land ownership pursued since the beginning of the twentieth century and to implement...
This paper studies the role of morality in the decision to repay debts. Using a field experiment with a large Islamic bank in Indonesia, the paper finds that moral appeals strongly increase credit card...
The development of a regulatory framework which meets international standards is a major concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as it is key not only to fostering economic development...
This paper examines whether the son preference and fertility behavior of Muslim couples respond to the risk of inheritance expropriation by their extended family. According to traditional Islamic inheritance...
An estimated 72 percent of people living in Muslim-majority countries do not use formal financial services. Even when financial services are available, some people view conventional products as incompatible...
The number of conflicts reached new highs in May and June 2008, a rise mostly driven by a swelling number of administrative disputes. Violence stayed at the relatively high levels recorded since December...
This conflict monitoring update for September 2007 illustrates the high degree of pressure exerted on local government by the Free Aceh Movement/Komite Peralihan Aceh (GAM/KPA) and others, and reveals...
In this issue: There were no Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) GAM-GoI incidents reported in August. Local level conflict remains high. Tsunami-related incidents dramatically...
The overall legal framework in Morocco is not a priority area for reform. The law-making process, however, is weak, resulting in poorly drafted laws, and legal dissemination is inadequate. Legal education...
Links between land rights and agricultural development provide a conceptual framework to analyze land rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The discussion demonstrates that land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa...
As individual rights to land become increasingly important with increases in population growth and advances in agricultural technology, land tenure issues in sub - Saharan Africa will become a major focus...
In an Islamic financial system, interest is replaced by a profit-sharing system in which risks are shared between lenders and borrowers. Concerns have been expressed that in such a system investment will...
