Abstract
The issue of greater inequalities and social exclusion reckoned to be the result of economic growth led the World Bank to set the new goal, to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. Interestingly, the approach of the contemporary solution is largely in consonance with the maqasid or objectives of the Shari’ah. Islam is a universal religion and addresses the entire mankind not the believers alone. It is, therefore, no surprise that people irrespective of faith do often think along Islamic lines. The term shura has generally accepted by Muslims scholars as that which most closely approximates the notion of democracy. This study analyzed the impact of the shura as one elements of governance from Islamic perspective on poverty, by adopting a cross-country approach. Specifically, the study examined the impact of Shura on the poorest quintiles of the population by evaluating the relationship between the factors and the changes in the per capita income of the poor of the developed and developing countries. This study applied panel regression to examine the significance of the shura as one component of the governance from Islamic perspective towards the shared prosperity of the developed and developing countries. It is found that equality of participation, effective participation and representation are the significant factors in promoting shared prosperity. It is hoped that this study will serve as an effective mechanism for poverty eradication in the respective countries.
Highlights
The issues of greater inequalities and social exclusion – reckoned to be the result of economic growth led the World Bank to set the two new goals in 2013 as complement to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs): (a) to end Journal of Fatwa Management and Research | Jurnal Pengurusan dan Penyelidikan Fatwa | مجلة إدارة وبحوث الفتاوىSpecial Edition 2021 |Vol 26 No.2| ISSN: 2232-1047 | eISSN: 0127-8886 extreme poverty and (b) to promote shared prosperity
The results indicate that the correlations between the indicators belonging to the pillar of Shura are significantly different from unity or one
As democracy is a mechanism for Shura which consists of principle governing relation between the political authority and the people, we positively include these three indicators; Equality of Participation, Effective Participation and Representation to be integrated into the Shura Pillar
Summary
Background The issues of greater inequalities and social exclusion – reckoned to be the result of economic growth led the World Bank to set the two new goals in 2013 as complement to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs): (a) to end Journal of Fatwa Management and Research | Jurnal Pengurusan dan Penyelidikan Fatwa | مجلة إدارة وبحوث الفتاوىSpecial Edition 2021 |Vol 26 No.2| ISSN: 2232-1047 | eISSN: 0127-8886 extreme poverty and (b) to promote shared prosperity. Sustainable development may be defined, from an Islamic perspective, as a multidimensional process that seeks to strike a balance between economic and social development on one side, and the environment on the other. Islam brings prosperity in the worldly life and in the hereafter They mentioned that some studies conclude that religions have relationship with economic growth and human development. There are some elements that are considered by Shari’ah as a unique perspective of Islam in matters of value society and these elements are necessary for social cohesion. These elements are the main indicators of sustainable development for the betterment of individuals and society. Al Quran does not explicately the conceptual or procedures of shura but political involvement was part and parcel of the practice of the people who received the revealed word
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