Interesting debate happening in the Genfininance website forum: why do many financial institutions in developing countries require the husband's signature when a woman asks for a loan? And what should the microfinance industry, active in empowering women through microfinance, do in this case?
The Sukuk’s phenomenon is spreading its wings westward - It is a known fact that 2006 has been a watershed year for the growth of the Sukuk market and that it has witnessed, at the very end of the year, the largest Sukuk ever issued. But 2007 promises to be an even bigger bumper year. All the data available suggest, in fact, that the 2007 forecast of US$20 billion mark shall be exceeded mainly thanks to the role that non-Muslim countries will possibly play.





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