As a result of the recent financial crisis, new ways of doing finance have developed, creating alternatives to the regular financial system. This book explores non-conventional banking and financing mechanisms in detail, with case studies and examples in which these alternative methods have succeeded.

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Abdullah Turkistani, Islamic Economics Center, Saudi Arabia Michael Looft, Kiva.org, USA Jonathan Axtell, The Hub Bay Area, USA Anton Abdul Fatah, Directorate General of Taxes, Indonesia Raja M. Almarzoqi, IMF Mohammed Obaidullah, Islamic Development Bank Group, Saudi Arabia Nasim Shirazi, Islamic Development Bank, Saudi Arabia Tamer Taha, World Bank Inmaculada Macias, IE Business School, Spain Miguel Ganzo, JAK Members Bank, Sweden Kader Merbouh, University Paris-Dauphine, France Bernard Paranque, KEDGE Business School, France Elias Erragraguy, KEDGE Business School, France Iñigo Serrats, CFA, Spain Celia de Anca, IE Business School, Spain

Inhalt
Foreword; Abdullah Turkistani Introduction; Michael Looft PART I: TRENDS Ethical Finance: Introduction; Miguel Ganzo 1. How Finance Could be Embedded in Ethics; Elias Erragraguy, Kader Merbouh, and Bernard Paranque 2. Social Responsible Investments; Inigo Serrats Islamic Banking: Introduction; Raja Almarzoqi 3. The Role of Islamic Finance in Economic Development; Raja Almarzoqi 4. Integrating Philanthropy with Microfinance; Mohammed Obaidullah and Nasim Shirazi Non-Banking Solutions: Introduction; Jonathan Axtell 5. Non-Banking Solutions; Faisal Atbani PART II: PRACTICAL EXAMPLES: GLOBAL PROBLEMS, LOCAL SOLUTIONS 6. Crowdfunding and Islamic Finance; Tamer Taha and Inmaculada Macias 7. The Solidarity Fund Project; Juan Antonio Romera 8. The Garut Waste Bank Project; Anton Abdul Fatah 9. The Swedish JAK; Miguel Ganzo Conclusion; Celia de Anca