International Islamic Conference
The Centre for Poverty and Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya announces the hosting of the International Islamic Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during 14-15 October 2008. The conference will focus on: • Defining the concept of poverty and setting the threshold of poverty from Islamic Syariah perspectives.
• Regulatory and institutional framework for establishing and development of distributive mechanisms prescribed by Syariah such as Zakat, Waqf, Trust and others.
• Regulatory and institutional framework for regulating land tenure systems and development of land planning policies.
• Regulatory and institutional framework for development of Islamic financial and commercial transactions system such as Islamic banking, sukuk, al-Rahn, real estate investment trusts etc.
• Influence of Culture, Traditions and Customary practices on economic development, conflicts between official laws and customary practices and its effect in hampering or enhancing the economic development.
• The role of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries in fostering strategic partnership amongst Muslim nations
• Divorce and effect on incidences of poverty
• Islamic Philanthropy and Poverty Eradication
• Development of Natural Resources and poverty
• Capacity building and development of human resources
• Achieving food security and promoting technology for effective growth of agricultural and livestock sector
• Creating of employment opportunities through establishment of small and medium sized enterprises
• Facilitating access to microloans and preferential loans to fund local development projects and raise income of rural and urban poor
• Poverty and Incidences of Crime
• Poverty and Public Health
• Empowerment of Women and Gender Equalities
• Family Institutions
Prof. Dr. Pazim @ Fadzim Othman
Centre for Poverty and Development Studies (CPDS)
Faculty of Economics and Administration Studies
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Phone: (603) 7967 3698 / (603) 7967 3706
Fax: (603) 7967 3662
Email: cpds_conference@um.edu.my
Visit the website at http://cpds.fep.um.edu.my/ilc/iic%20web%202008.htm
