Wiley Finance Editions: New Issues in Islamic Finance and Economics (ePub)

Glossary of Arabic Terms ix Acknowledgement xxi 1 Development and Progress of Islamic Finance 1 2 Issues and Challenges 47 3 Islamic Finance and Globalization: Convergence and a Boost for Rapid Growth? 75 4 Globalization and Its Implications for Muslim Countries 111 5 Expanding Financial Frontiers 129 6 Reputational Risk for the Islamic Financial Industry 149 7 Design of Benchmark for Asset Pricing 179 8 Qard-ul-Hassan-based Microfinance 197 9 Developing the Theoretical Foundations of Economics in Islam 211 10 Islam and Economic Development 243 11 Taxation and Public Expenditures in Islam 263 12 Scope of Social Safety Net in Islam: A Case Study 293 References 327 Index 363

PROF. HOSSEIN ASKARI received a B.S. in CivilEngineering, Ph.D. in Economics and attendedthe Sloan School of Management at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Hewas an instructor of Economics at MIT, AssistantProfessor of Economics at Tufts University,Associate Professor of Economics at Wayne State University, Associate Professor and Professor of International Business and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and is now the Iran Professor of International Business and Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University. He served for two and a half years on the Executive Board of the IMF and was Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance of Saudi Arabia. In the mid-1980s he was the director of a multinational team that developed the first energy plan and energy planning models for Saudi Arabia. He has written extensively on economic development in the Middle East, international trade and finance, agricultural economics, oil economics, and on economic sanctions. He has been an advisor to a number of governments,institutions and corporations. DR. ZAMIR IQBAL works as Lead Investment Officer with the Quantitative Strategies, Risk and Analytics department in the Treasury of the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He earned his Ph. D.in international finance from the George Washington University, where he also serves as adjunct faculty of international finance. He has published several articles on Islamic finance in journals of repute and has presented papers at international forums. He has extensive experience with capital markets, structured products, risk management, financial sector development, and financial modeling.His research interests include Islamic Finance, Financial Engineering,Structured Finance and International Banking. He is co-author of Introduction to Islamic Finance: Theory and Practice (2007) and Risk Analysis for Islamic Banks (2007). DR. ABBAS MIRAKHOR, born in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran,

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