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Islamic Finance and the Development of Malaysia's Halal Economy

World Bank Group - 2022

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), one of the key strategies to boost Malaysia's economic growth is enhancing the competitiveness...

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Islamic Trade Finance : An Opportunity for Malaysia

World Bank Group - 2021

Islamic trade finance (ITF) offers a meaningful opportunity for Malaysia. ITF can play a substantial role to support trade, foster growth, and accelerate post-pandemic recovery. In addition to its impact on the domestic economy, enhancing ITF can bring benefits to other Organization of Islamic...

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The Impacts of Disaster Risk on Sovereign Asset and Liability Management

World Bank Group - 2021

Implicit contingent liabilities, such as those generated by natural disasters, are often not quantified in the government balance sheet. However, when they materialize, they place pressure on government finances that may raise interest expenditures and financial risks. Understanding the impacts...

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Central Bank Reserve Management Practices : Insights into Public Asset Management

World Bank Group - 2021

The World Bank Treasury's Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) conducted its third survey on reserve … represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and World Bank and its affiliated organizations … or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent …

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Impacts of Covid-19 on the World Bank's Forest Investment Program Portfolio

World Bank Group - 2023

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …

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The Value of Trade and Regional Investments in The Pan-Arab Electricity Market : Integrating Power Systems and Building Economies

World Bank Group - 2021

across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were engaged in full electricity trade on a commercial basis. The World Bank …

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Mobilizing Islamic Finance for Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

World Bank Group - 2017

This public-private infrastructure advisory facility (PPIAF) - funded report aims to discuss and disseminate information on how Islamic finance has been applied in infrastructure projects through public-private partnership (PPP) schemes, what the structural challenges and solutions are, and what...

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Leveraging Islamic Fintech to Improve Financial Inclusion

World Bank Group - 2020

Islamic finance is a fast-booming segment of global finance. Serving a core population of 1.8 billion Muslims world …

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Malaysia : Islamic Finance and Financial Inclusion

World Bank Group - 2020

The main purpose of this report is to explore the role Islamic finance has played in furthering financial inclusion in Malaysia, with a view to drawing key lessons of experience. Given Malaysia's success in the development of Islamic finance, these lessons will be useful to policy makers and...

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Pioneering the Green Sukuk : Three Years On

World Bank Group - 2020

This note is a stocktaking of the first three years of the green sukuk. Given the small sample size and limited data, the analysis is limited in scope. It covers the basics of what makes a green sukuk, a brief history of the developmental work leading to the first green sukuk, followed by an...

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