Opportunities and Challenges for SME’s in Islamic Finance
Ahmed Rostom Financial Sector Specialist
East Asia and Pacific Finance and Private Sector Development (EASFP)
The World Bank April, 18th, 2013
Objective
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The objective of this presentation is to provide an overview of the opportunities and challenges facing SME’s Islamic Finance.
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Road Map
• Global Islamic Finance Industry: A Brief Overview
• Structure of SME’s – Islamic Finance
• Foundations of SME’s – Islamic Finance: o Financial Inclusion o Entrepreneurship & Intermediation o Risk Sharing Friendliness
• Conclusion and Progress Discussion
Source: Central Banks, IFIS, Bloomberg, Zawya, World Islamic Insurance Directory 2012, The Banker, KFHR
Islamic Financial Assets 2011 (by Region and Financial Instrument)
Banks are dominating the seen
GCC 39%
Asia 21%
Others* 4% Sub-
Saharan Africa
1%
MENA (exc. GCC) 35%
Global Islamic Finance Industry: A Brief Overview
30%
26%
% of Banks offering sharia-compliant products
% of Banks planning tooffer sharia-compliantproducts in 12 months
Shariah Compliant Products Non-GCC MENA
4
413
15640 2 17
Murabaha Qard hassan Musharaka/Mudaraba
Salam Other
Portfolio, by type of product (USD million)
Global Shariah Compliant MSME finance: Concentrated …Lacks Instruments Diversification
And Relies Less on Investment Contracts
Source: CGAP 2010
Structure of SME’s – Islamic Finance
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Foundations of SME’s – Islamic Finance
Financial Intermediaries
Projects
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I – Financial Inclusion
II – Entrepreneurship & Intermediation
III – Risk Sharing Friendliness
Entrepreneurs
Savings
Direct partnership flows and revenues
Risk sharing contracts flows and revenues
Source: www.worldbank.org/globalfindex , The World Bank, April 2012
Islamic finance has a long way to go towards expanding financial inclusion
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I - Financial Inclusion
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0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
Arab World South Asia OIC Sub-SaharanAfrica
Latin America& Caribbean
Middle East &North Africa
Europe &Central Asia
East Asia &Pacific
New business density (new registrations per
1,000 people ages 18-64)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Entrepreneurial Intention
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40Total early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity
II - Entrepreneurship and Intermediation
Despite the Entrepreneurial Potential … Entrepreneurial activities in OIC are Constrained…
Source: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2013
Percentage of 18-64 population who are either a nascent entrepreneur or owner-manager of a new business (as defined above)
Percentage of 18-64 population (individuals involved in any stage of entrepreneurial activity excluded) who intend to start a business within three years
Moreover… access to affordable finance is a challenge for SME’s growth
Share of firms reporting cost of/access to finance (percent) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
High income
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Access to finance Cost of finance
Source: The World Bank 2008 9
II - Entrepreneurship and Intermediation
0.5% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2%
4% 4% 5%
6%
10%
13%
15% 16%
20%
24%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
SME loans/Total loans MENA countries
Source: World Bank 2011 10
II - Entrepreneurship and Intermediation
126 109 112 108
85 93 113 114 107 110
97 78
99 115
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OPEC 2013 OIC 2013 OIC - GCC2013
MENA 2013 GCC 2013 EAP 2013 DevelopingCountries
2013DB 2013 DB 2011
44 35 38
23 15
36 31
43 40 44
20 15
40 38
0
10
20
30
40
50
OPEC 2013 OIC 2013 OIC - GCC2013
MENA 2013 GCC 2013 EAP 2013 DevelopingCountries 2013DB 2013 DB 2011
III - Risk Sharing Friendliness: Institutional Quality Starting a Business
Overall rank
Time (days)
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Cost (% of income per capita)
4.2
2.6 2.3
3.6
4.5
2.4 2.5 2.8 2.3 2.1
3.3 3.8
2.0 2.0
0
1
2
3
4
5
OPEC OIC 2013 OIC - GCC MENA GCC EAP 2013 DevelopingCountriesDB 2013 DB 2011
102 115 118 124
93 91 104 110 117 120 116
94 94 108
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DB 2013 DB 2011
Getting Credit Overall rank
Strength of legal rights index
3.9 4.9 5.0 3.0
4.2 6.5 5.6
3.9 4.1 4.1 3.0
4.0 6.0
4.9
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OPEC OIC 2013 OIC - GCC MENA GCC EAP 2013 DevelopingCountriesDB 2013 DB 2011
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Depth of credit information
III - Risk Sharing Friendliness: Institutional Quality
111 116 116 113 110 87
115 114 116 116 115 117 88
113
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DB 2013 DB 2011
592 671 682 652
588 522
654 594 667 677 664
590 547 649
0100200300400500600700800
OPEC OIC 2013 OIC - GCC MENA GCC EAP 2013 DevelopingCountries
DB 2013 DB 2011
43 41 40 44 47 37 40
28
39 41
24 20
47 47
0
10
20
30
40
50
OPEC OIC 2013 OIC - GCC MENA GCC EAP 2013 DevelopingCountriesDB 2013 DB 2011
Enforcing Contracts Overall rank
Time
Procedures (number)
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III - Risk Sharing Friendliness: Institutional Quality
3.4 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.5
2.9 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.9
3.3 2.5
3.0
0
1
2
3
4
OPEC OIC 2013 OIC - GCC MENA GCC EAP 2013 DevelopingCountries
DB 2013 DB 2011
17.3 16.1 16.3
11.9 14.7
18.9 18.5 17.3 15.2 15.3
11.4 14.7
18.9 18.5
0
5
10
15
20
OPEC OIC 2013 OIC - GCC MENA GCC EAP 2013 DevelopingCountriesDB 2013 DB 2011
24.5 28.6 26.8 30.1
41.2
30.4 20.6 23.9 26.3 24.6 27.9
39.9 30.2
20.3
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OPEC OIC 2013 OIC - GCC MENA GCC EAP 2013 DevelopingCountriesDB 2013 DB 2011
Resolving Insolvency Time (years)
Cost (% of claim)
Recovery rate (Cents on the Dollar)
Source: Doing Business Database; The World Bank 2012 15
III - Risk Sharing Friendliness: Institutional Quality
• Extending outreach of Islamic financial services will foster financial inclusion and ensures liquidity and healthy growth of the industry.
• The entrepreneurial potential in OIC countries can galvanize growth and development through risk sharing inherent in Islamic finance.
• Islamic finance have a large potential to fill a portion of global - around USD 0.5 trillion - SME’s financing gap.
• Risk sharing friendliness is a function of a conducive business environment.
Conclusion and Progress Discussion
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