Micro-Takaful as stimulus for financial inclusion: A key component towards sustainable development

Authors

  • Afaf Eltahir Haroun Haroun
  • Mohd Effandi Yusoff

Keywords:

Financial Inclusion, Low-income people, Microfinance, Micro-Takaful, Sustainable Development

Abstract

Islamic microfinance establishments and micro takaful industry exist not exclusively to lighten poverty yet in addition to enable low-income individuals in finding an exit from neediness, and give them a genuine any desire for being financially self-continuing. They have an arrangement of giving financial services and backup plan to defenseless and independently employed individuals. Financial inclusion is viewed as a part of social inclusion driver and social inclusion is a driver for practical development, at that point, we can infer that financial inclusion is a driver for sustainable development. The financial inclusion advances sustainable development through of microfinance experts which are upheld by micro-takaful insurance to advance development for avoided groups of individuals or foreign communities. To clarify the above actualities, the present paper comprises of five areas: the initial segment of the paper dedicated to clarify the ideas of micro- insurance, micro- takaful, financial inclusion and practical development. The subsequent part clarifies the connection between poverty, insurance and sustainable development. The third part will clarify contrasts between regular micro insurance, and Islamic micro- takaful insurance as far as securing poor and powerless. The fourth segment gives a short performance of small scale micro-takaful in reality. At long last, the last part introduces the difficulties remain and finishing up comments.

 

 

Author Biographies

Afaf Eltahir Haroun Haroun

 

 

Mohd Effandi Yusoff

 

 

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Published

2019-12-20

How to Cite

Haroun, A. E. H., & Yusoff, M. E. (2019). Micro-Takaful as stimulus for financial inclusion: A key component towards sustainable development. Open International Journal of Informatics, 7(2), 43–55. Retrieved from https://oiji.utm.my/index.php/oiji/article/view/63