Role of Private and Public Sectors in Economic Development in an Islamic Perspective: Proceedings of the Fifth International Islamic Economics Seminar 1993

Ehsan Ahmed

gen. del 1996 · Issues in Contemporary Islamic Thought Llibre 13 · International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

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 This book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the Fifth International

Islamic Economics Seminar (1414/1993) jointly sponsored by the

International Institute of Islamic Thought and the World Bank.

This seminar adopted the theme of "The Role of Private and Public Sectors in

Economic Development in an Islamic perspective."

This work, which is edited by E. Ahmed, includes M. A. Choudhury's "Why

Cannot Neoclassicism Explain Resource Allocation and Development in the

Islamic Political Economy", J. Abu-Rashed's "Altruism in the Conduct of the

Private and Public Sectors", I. Ahmad's "The Role of Public and Private Sectors

in Economic Development in an Islamic Perspective", S.M. Ali Akkas's "Operation

of an Islamic Bank Under Conventional Banking Framework: A Comparative

Efficiency Analysis", A. Aziz's "Islamic Corporate Finance: A Tool for the

Development of Muslim Countries" M. Sh. Ebrahin1's "Theory of Participating

Term Certificates: A General Equilibrium Perspective", J. W. Wright's "Muslim

Attitudes Towards Islamic Finance: A Review Lecture and an American Survey",

S. I. Mahdi's "The Role of Public and Private Sectors in Islamization of the

Economy of Iran", A. H. Bashir's "Money and Growth in Islamic Economics:

Theory and Evidence" and Sh. M. Safiullah's "New Managers in the Egyptian

Public Sectors During the Nasser Era."

In all, ten prominent scholars share their valuable in ights on their respective

fields in this book.

Sobre l'autor

 Ehsan Ahmed was born in Pakistan on 2 Rabi’I 1371 AH/1 December 1951 AC. He Received a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Punjab University, Pakistan, 1391 AH/1971 AC. He received an M.A. in Economics from the Government College, Lahore, Pakistan, 1394 AH/1974 A.C. and his second M.A. in Economics, with Honors, from Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1397 AH/1977 AC. He also received his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University, Lansing, 1402 AH/1982 AC. Dr. Ahmed is currently a Professor of Economics at James Madison University, Virginia, since 1410 AH/1989AC. He is also an author, publisher, and participant in a number of conferences on various aspects of Islamic Economics. (1996).