Tatik Mariyanti and Akhmad Affandi Mahfudz
This paper aims to unveil the impact of government policy, socio-economic variable, Zakat Infaq Shadaqah (ZIS) and financing of Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) toward severe problem…
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to unveil the impact of government policy, socio-economic variable, Zakat Infaq Shadaqah (ZIS) and financing of Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) toward severe problem of poverty in Indonesia.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper considers dynamic circular causation model to produce proper solution on Indonesian style of poverty that hitherto remain unresolved.
Findings
All variables including ZIS, government policy, socio-economic variable and BMT financing have an impact toward poverty reduction.
Research limitations/implications
This paper confined to the scope of poverty that occurred in Indonesia only, and therefore all variables and literatures derived from Indonesian pedigree on poverty.
Practical implications
This paper implies that government policy will be shifted toward focusing on extending subsidy for rural society to uplift their income by involving in more real sector.
Originality/value
This paper considered to be scarce as focusing only for Indonesian style of poverty by using dynamic circular causation model as a solution.
Aas Nurasyiah, Miyasto Miyasto, Tatik Mariyanti and Irfan Syauqi Beik
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the socio-economic factors that will affect women’s empowerment from an Islamic perspective (the Tawhidi epistemological approach) and…
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the socio-economic factors that will affect women’s empowerment from an Islamic perspective (the Tawhidi epistemological approach) and the impact of women’s empowerment on reducing family poverty.
Design/methodology/approach
Using a quantitative approach to see the relationship between research variables with structural equation model-partial least squares as the analysis tool.
Findings
In general, socio-economic variables had direct and indirect effects on reducing family poverty. In addition, the variable of women’s empowerment in an Islamic perspective can strengthen the influence of socio-economic variables on the alleviation of family poverty.
Research limitations/implications
The limitation of this research lies in the use of religiosity as an indicator with some constraints and the inclusion of all the necessary dimensions of a Muslim family. Additionally, because of the scope of the present research, the results may not be applicable in different areas, especially countries with distinctive characteristics such as having Muslims as the major population. On the other hand, the results of this research may provide comprehensive indicators of empowered Muslim women which enable the correlation between the socio-economic factors and women’s empowerment and how women’s empowerment can contribute to the alleviation of family poverty from the perspective of Islam.
Originality/value
This research provides new insights into the variable of women’s empowerment measured using the Islamic paradigm (Tawhidi epistemology) and includes religiosity as a variable that directly and indirectly influences the reduction of family poverty.