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Islamic Fintech and ESG goals : Key consideration for fulfilling Maqasid principles
The global financial crisis catalyzed a major re-evaluation of the relation: ship between society and the financial sector. Besides the immediate economi impacts from the crisis, it led to a breakdown of trust in institutions, includin financial institutions that have been slow to rebuild. Many within the financiaf sector, including those who have joined the Principles for Responsible lnvestmen ('PRJ') (United Nations Global Compact 2015), recognize the challenges that confront shared humanity especially around climare change and inequality and] are trying to find a solution by focusing on environmental, social and governance_ ('ESG') data. The rising share of asset managers and asset owners using ESG, in their investment decision-making has contributed to a growth in responsiblel investment. Beyond the societal demand for alternatives, prolonged quantitative easing, low or negative interest rates and the thirst for higher yields have floodedr investments into technology start-ups including Fintech companies to drive a new'. paradigm in financial services globally. With a greater faith in technology to dis- ,: rupt old ways of working, Fintech is seen as more capable ofdelivering customer- : centric solutions that democratize the incumbents' domination of how wealth is generated and ultimately invested.
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Maqasid Al Shariah Analysis of budget Deficit Policy in Indonesian Economy
Budgeting for a state or a country seems to be the most important part to handle administration and government policy in term of socio economic reason. In practice, a lot of government tends to subscribe a balance budget whereby it is striving to balance between revenues and expenditures accurately. Unfortunately, this balancing post uses a debt and foreign aid charged by interest to cover any shortage in revenues. In the real context, the budget deficit management based on debt is still controversial and considered inappropriate with developing country conditions which their economies are unstable and fluctuated. Unfortunately, many countries in the world including Muslim-populated countries subscribe budget deficit system whereby the sources of its fund are backed up by debt. The focus of this paper is to analyze two main sensitive issues of the Indonesian economy in the light of Maqasid Al Shariah. This study employs a method of literature review and combined with data analysis. Actually, Islam has a very rich literature legacy in administrating public sector economy and it becomes important theory and framework as a stance or point of view to analyze the prevailing system. The high interest rate payment is the main issue of public sector expenditure. Indonesian government seems no choices to resolve its public sector economy and relies too much on debt management. For social welfare expenditure there has been a misallocation in emphasizing budget expenditure whereby oil and petroleum subsidy consume almost majority of the total welfare expenditure in Indonesian public sector economy
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Free Flow of Skilled Labor in ASEAN: Is it A Threat for Labor Market in Indonesia?
since 2007 ASEAN has moved towards an ASEAN Economic community(AEC) as an economi integration of member states based on four economic pillars. One of AEC economic pillar the single market and Production base, means,the region as a whole must become a single market and production base to produce and commercialize good and services anywhere in ASEAN. The establishment of AEC is offering opprtunities in the from of a huge market of US$ 2.6 Trillion and over 622 million people. Of this number, around 40 per cent or 245 million people live in Indonesia. Numerous officials and othes have their doubts and worried that Indonesia will mainly be the market for the AEC and Indonesia's progress in developing its human capital will be negatively impected compettition from other ASEAN nations. The crucial futher step of the AEC is to implement the free movement of skilled labors as one of five core principles of single market and production base pillar, as it will boost economic integration in the region levels. In practice however, progress towords freer mobility has been slow and uneven. In practice however, progress towards freer mobility has been slow and uneven, due to rigid national immigration policies, inequalities in professional education and licensing regimes, public ambivalence toward the AEC, and the vast income gap that many countries fear will contribute to brain drain. This article examines impediment of free movement of skilled labors as a result of weak political and public support to drive the process forward as well as the myriad policy and procedural obstacles of free movement of skilled labor of selected categories of professions associated mainly with trade in service and invesment, this article also reviews the AMSs' policies in these areas
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