Presentations Seminar Islamic Development Finance
15 February 2012
This seminar, held on February 9, was about Islamic finance and financing techniques and their increasing contemporary relevance, particularly for development. It was held on the occasion of the retirement of Professor Gerrie ter Haar, holder of the Chair in Religion and Development, and the launch of her new book 'Religion and Development: Ways of Transforming the World'. The Chair in Religion and Development was an ISS professorship supported by ICCO and Cordaid.
Presentations:
What role for Islamic finance in promoting development by dr. Ajaz Ahmed Khan, Microfinance Advisor CARE International
The challenge of lslamic microfinance programming for poverty reduction and development: The Islamic Relief Experience by Mr. Atallah Fitzgibbon, Policy & Strategy Manager at Islamic Relief Worldwide
The invisible worlds of religion and economy Farewell speech by professor Gerrie ter Haar
