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Financial Cooperative Societies: Conceptual Framework and Evidence from Egypt

International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies

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Title Financial Cooperative Societies: Conceptual Framework and Evidence from Egypt
 
Creator Al Ajlouni, Ahmed Taha
 
Description This paper reports on a survey conducted in Egypt about the motives behind participating in Societies; and their perception by participants. It is also devoted to clarifying the unique nature of Societies as a premise of informal finance to manage financial aspects that bear zero interest.A random sample of participants from Helwan area in Cairo, who joined a Society for managing their financial needs, was selected. A questionnaire was used for collecting data and descriptive analysis methods were used for analyzing the study variables. The study revealed that Societies have a long history mode that has been followed in many countries. It also showed that the participants devote the majority of the Society's sum for expenditure on current essential short-term needs. A high sensitivity to Islamic Sharī’ah has been showed by the Society members. It proved that the general trend toward Societies was very positive.
 
Publisher www.pesar.org
 
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Date 2018-04-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
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Identifier http://ijisef.org/index.php/IJISEF/article/view/332
 
Source International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies; Vol 4, No 1 (2018): March/Mart 2018
Uluslararası İslam Ekonomisi ve Finansı Araştırmaları Dergisi; Vol 4, No 1 (2018): March/Mart 2018
2149-8407
2149-8393
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://ijisef.org/index.php/IJISEF/article/view/332/162
 
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