Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions

Small businesses are considered one of the sources of innovation, productivity and dynamism in many countries. Thus, to translate innovative ideas into sustainable businesses, access to capital becomes a part and parcel of their business lifecycle. Despite their potential importance for economic dev...

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Main Authors: Mohd Thas Thaker, M. A., Mohd Thas Thaker, Hassanudin *, Anwar, A. P., Amin, M., Ahmad, K.
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Published: Asian Development Bank Institute 2020
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author Mohd Thas Thaker, M. A.
Mohd Thas Thaker, Hassanudin *
Anwar, A. P.
Amin, M.
Ahmad, K.
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Mohd Thas Thaker, Hassanudin *
Anwar, A. P.
Amin, M.
Ahmad, K.
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description Small businesses are considered one of the sources of innovation, productivity and dynamism in many countries. Thus, to translate innovative ideas into sustainable businesses, access to capital becomes a part and parcel of their business lifecycle. Despite their potential importance for economic development, small businesses are facing difficulties in attracting external finance at the early and middle stages of the entrepreneurial lifecycle in many countries, including developed and developing countries. As a response, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development (2015) recognized the role of additional financing, in particular using innovative mechanisms, instruments and modalities. It encourages mechanisms based on models combining public and private resources (blended finance) and joint ventures that bring significant impact investing. In line with this, Islamic banking and finance is a broad framework that has great potential for supporting development finance particularly related to small business, given their fundamental criteria emphasizing generating positive societal impact. The main objectives covered by this paper are: (i) to perform a landscape analysis of financing small business for selected Asian countries, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia; (ii) to identify and unpack innovative financing opportunities within Islamic banking and finance instruments such as Mudharabah (profit-sharing), Musharakah (profit-loss sharing), Murabahah (sale with cost plus profit margin, Ijarah [Islamic leasing]), and Salam (forward sale) as potential solutions for addressing small businesses’ funding gaps; and (iii) to initiate the development of systematic principles for the utilization of Islamic banking and finance instruments in financing small businesses.
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spelling sunway-14462020-10-07T04:11:40Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1446/ Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions Mohd Thas Thaker, M. A. Mohd Thas Thaker, Hassanudin * Anwar, A. P. Amin, M. Ahmad, K. HF Commerce Small businesses are considered one of the sources of innovation, productivity and dynamism in many countries. Thus, to translate innovative ideas into sustainable businesses, access to capital becomes a part and parcel of their business lifecycle. Despite their potential importance for economic development, small businesses are facing difficulties in attracting external finance at the early and middle stages of the entrepreneurial lifecycle in many countries, including developed and developing countries. As a response, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development (2015) recognized the role of additional financing, in particular using innovative mechanisms, instruments and modalities. It encourages mechanisms based on models combining public and private resources (blended finance) and joint ventures that bring significant impact investing. In line with this, Islamic banking and finance is a broad framework that has great potential for supporting development finance particularly related to small business, given their fundamental criteria emphasizing generating positive societal impact. The main objectives covered by this paper are: (i) to perform a landscape analysis of financing small business for selected Asian countries, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia; (ii) to identify and unpack innovative financing opportunities within Islamic banking and finance instruments such as Mudharabah (profit-sharing), Musharakah (profit-loss sharing), Murabahah (sale with cost plus profit margin, Ijarah [Islamic leasing]), and Salam (forward sale) as potential solutions for addressing small businesses’ funding gaps; and (iii) to initiate the development of systematic principles for the utilization of Islamic banking and finance instruments in financing small businesses. Asian Development Bank Institute 2020-01-29 Monograph PeerReviewed Mohd Thas Thaker, M. A. and Mohd Thas Thaker, Hassanudin * and Anwar, A. P. and Amin, M. and Ahmad, K. (2020) Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions. Working Paper. Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan. https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/616791/adbi-wp1156.pdf https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/616791/adbi-wp1156.pdf
spellingShingle HF Commerce
Mohd Thas Thaker, M. A.
Mohd Thas Thaker, Hassanudin *
Anwar, A. P.
Amin, M.
Ahmad, K.
Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
title Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
title_full Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
title_fullStr Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
title_full_unstemmed Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
title_short Leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: Exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
title_sort leveraging islamic banking and finance for small business: exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
topic HF Commerce
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