Alleviating poverty through Islamic microfinance: factors and measures of financial performance, and roles of Islamic values and financial policies

• Main Authors: Ginanjar, Adhitya, Salina, Kassim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Research Publishing Group 2019
• Subjects: HG Finance; HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/79470/1/79470_Alleviating%20poverty%20through%20Islamic%20microfinance.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/79470/; https://www.arpgweb.com/pdf-files/jssr5(4)931-938.pdf; https://doi.org/10.32861/jssr.54.1266.1273

Indonesia has a strong presence of microfinance sector with the number of Islamic Microfinance Institutions (IMFIs) estimated to be around 5,000 currently. Microfinance is an effective tool in alleviating poverty in Indonesia due to the limited access to financial services by the poor who accounted...