Does Zakat reduce poverty? Evidence from Tunisia using the Fuzzy Approach

Bouanani, Mejda; Belhadj, Besma

doi:10.1111/meca.12304

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“…The income gap is also declining from 0.197 to 0.169. This finding goes in line with Bouanani and Belhadj (2020), which examines Zakat's impact on poverty in Tunisia. Using simulated data of individuals from Tunisian household surveys in 2010 and 2015, it measures the effect of Zakat to reduce poverty by applying the Fuzzy Approach.…”

Section: Economics Of Zakat and Empowermentsupporting

confidence: 86%

A mediating effect of business growth on zakat empowerment program and mustahiq’s welfare

Widiastuti

Auwalin

Rani

et al. 2021

Cogent Business & Management

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Zakat is an instrument of Islamic economic and social funds that contributes to the achievement of people wellbeing. This study examines the business growth as a mediating variable on the relationship between the impact of the zakat empowerment programs and mustahiq's (zakat recipient) welfare. This quantitative study employs Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis on 100 mustahiqs from different zakat empowerment programs in East Java and DI Yogyakarta. Zakat empowerment positively affects mustahiq's welfare. This indicates that the empowerment program successfully increases mustahiqs' wellbeing and their business. Business growth as a mediating variable on the relationship between business assistantship and mustahiq welfare also shows a positive and significant effect. Further, macroeconomic indicators consisting of GRDP and inflation and internal factors consisting of age and educational level, have different impacts on the business growth of mustahiq. This study confirms the zakat empowerment program's role in improving the mustahiq's welfare based on maqashid al-shariah (the Islamic objectives). Zakat community empowerment is a solution to suppress the poverty rate and possible for reducing inequality and ending poverty in Indonesia. This study extends Tika Widiastuti ABOUT THE AUTHORS Tika Widiastuti is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga. She holds a doctorate in Islamic Economics. Her research interest includes zakat governance and Islamic economics. Ilmiawan Auwalin is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga. He holds a Ph. D in Economics from the School of Economics, the University of Sydney. His research interest includes economic development, labor market studies, and micro and small enterprises development. Lina Nugraha Rani is a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga. She holds a Master in Islamic Economics. Her research interest includes Islamic economics, Islamic Finance and Banking.

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Section: Economics Of Zakat and Empowermentsupporting

confidence: 86%

A mediating effect of business growth on zakat empowerment program and mustahiq’s welfare

Widiastuti

Auwalin

Rani

et al. 2021

Cogent Business & Management

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“…Pola pinjaman sosial ini juga dapat melindungi BMT dari resiko kerugian kredit macet, terutama yang dialokasikan kepada masyarakat kurang mampu. Pemberian modal kepada masyarakat kurang mampu atau miskin ini ditujukan agar masyarakat dapat berdaya dan berkembang (Al-Shami et al, 2016;Adachi, 2018;Bouanani and Belhadj, 2020;Mustafa, Baita and Adhama, 2020). Dengan dua hal inilah tersebut, BMT menjadi institusi yang relatif cocok dalam mengatasi masalah kemiskinan.…”

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Analisis Dampak Program Pemberdayaan Terhadap Kesejahteraan Umat

Mubarok

2021

perisai

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Poverty is still a problem, especially in realizing prosperity. Many programs are carried out to alleviate poverty, one of which is the empowerment program carried out by Islamic microfinance institutions. This study aims to identify the effect of empowerment contracts on people's welfare. This study uses a quantitative approach. This study uses primary data obtained from interviews, observation, documentation. The data analysis technique used a regression approach. The results and discussion showed that the empowerment contract which included the qardhul hasan and musyarakah contracts had a significant effect on customers' income. Thus, empowerment through the qardhul hasan and musyarakah contract schemes can be developed to realize the welfare of the people.

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“…For example, some recently examined zakat in overcoming poverty (Y. Aziz et al, 2020;Bouanani & Belhadj, 2020;Kousar et al, 2021), zakat and education (Mat Isa et al, 2019;Radzi & Kenayathulla, 2017;Raies, 2020), on the performance of zakat organisations (M. A. Aziz et al, 2018;Hanifah & Nurzaman, 2019;Nahar, 2018;Wahyuni-TD et al, 2021;Widyaningsih et al, 2019), zakat accounting (Ashraf & Rauf, 2020;Doktoralina et al, 2018;Gantira Mira et al, 2020;Hasiara et al, 2019;Kadir et al, 2019), and others.…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Zakat: Past Trends and Future Directions

Handoko

Bayinah

Firmansyah

2022

al-Uqud

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Zakat is a part of Islamic social finance that aimed at the social purpose and has been recently received attention from researchers globally. Therefore, the study aimed to explore the current state of zakat literature, identify the bibliometrics in the field, and provide future research direction. To achieve this goal, this study utilised bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer software. The documents were extracted from the Scopus database on 5th March 2021 with the search keyword Zakat and its variations. The result showed 635 documents in 267 journals and revealed approximately 1289 authors. The papers came from 53 countries and 160 affiliations roughly. Based on co-occurrence, the analysis identified 1488 keywords and the word zakat, Islam, Malaysia, Poverty, and zakat institution as the top five frequent keywords. The study also revealed the current trend of zakat studies related to education, performance, SME, and compliance. The most important of this study, seventeen zakat issues, were provided for future research agenda. Henceforth, the following research might focus on this study's suggestions to enrich and enhance zakat literature.

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Does Zakat reduce poverty? Evidence from Tunisia using the Fuzzy Approach

Cited by 20 publications

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A mediating effect of business growth on zakat empowerment program and mustahiq’s welfare

A mediating effect of business growth on zakat empowerment program and mustahiq’s welfare

Analisis Dampak Program Pemberdayaan Terhadap Kesejahteraan Umat

A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Zakat: Past Trends and Future Directions

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