Newspaper Article

Deciphering the political economy of Malaysia

Abdul Kareem, Mohamed Ariff (2018)

What is really "new" about New Malaysia? The term "New Malaysia" connotes new thinking, new ideas and new solutions based on a new paradigm. New Malaysia warrants a new mindset, but some pronouncements by politicians, on both sides of the divide, show that they are still unable to delink themselves from...

Research Monograph

The endowment fund as a source of sustainability for higher education in Malaysia: maximising investment returns

Abdul Hamid, Baharom; Hassan, Wiaam; Sowell, Sarafuddin Abdul Syahid (2018)

Higher education plays an important role in the human capital development of a country. Investment in higher education generally rises every year, and sustaining the financing of public institutions involved in higher education is becoming economically burdensome upon the state.While the cost for sustaining...

Academic Proceeding

Pioneering Islamic tourism in Maldives: toward creation of first Shariah compliant resort to become global Islamic tourism hub

Muneeza, Aishath (2018)

Maldives is a tourism driven economy, which contributes more than one fourth of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While tourism sector supplies over 70% of the foreign exchange earnings to the country, one third of the government revenue is generated from this sector. Tourism is also known...

Industry Article

The 2nd International Halal Management Conference 2018 in the Maldives

Muneeza, Aishath (2018)

Minister of Home Affairs Azleen Ahmed has launched the 2nd International Halal Management Conference (IHMC) on the 18th July 2018 at the Maldives National University (MNU). The IHMC was organized by the Maldives Center for Islamic Finance (MCIF) and the MNU along with Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia....