Islamic finance survey for MSMEs in the Arab region

A survey for the collection of data on Islamic microfinance in the Arab region was conducted by Sanabel, beginning from Q4 2011 – Q2 2012, in collaboration with CGAP and through funding from AfD. Sanabel collected data from 36 Arab MFIs: 12 from Sudan, 7 from Palestine, 5 from Yemen, 4 from Iraq, 2 from Jordan, 2 from Lebanon, 1 from Syria, 1 from Egypt, 1 from Bahrain, and 1 from Saudi Arabia. The data was collected from both fully-fledged Islamic Microfinance institutions as well as conventional MFIs with Islamic windows.