Pakistan’s zakat system: A policy model for developing countries as a means of redistributing income to the elderly poor

Issues in Global Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 47-75

  Clark, Grace ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Islamic law; Redistribution of income; Volunteers; Welfare systems in developing countries; Zakat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070018900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315043784-11     Document Type: Chapter

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