Outline for book-3 “Value Chain for Islamic Microfinance”
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Value chain analysis
Value chain for different commodities (livestock, agriculture, etc.)
Application of Islamic finance in value chain
Value chain case studies (from Sudan, Tunisia)
Extended outline
1. Introduction
– Value chain (VC) concept and definitions
– VC methods, and activities
– Significance of VC for MFIs
2. Value chain analysis
– Methods/models of value chain analysis
– Value chains to achieve efficiency through cost effectiveness, risk management, and
better returns
– Case studies
3. Value chains for rural sector
o Agricultural commodities
o Livestock
o Processing
o Marketing
o Etc.
o Case studies
4. Islamic finance intervention for the value chains
– Define value chain finance
– Selection of value chain actors for financing (Trader credit, Input supplier credit,
Marketing company credit, etc.)
– Selection of Islamic finance products for intervention at different levels of value
chains
– Innovative products and services tailored to agricultural value chains
– Risk mitigation products like takaful, forward contracting, warehouse receipt
financing, credit guarantees, etc.
– Case studies
[Case studies of success stories (and failures, if any) and lessons learnt (Sudan, Tunisia,
Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.)]