제목 : Islamic Finance in Malaysia: Politics and policy Making

(말레이시아의 이슬람 금융: 정치 및 정책 수립)

발표자: : Jikon Lai

School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne

토론자 : 강대창

KIEP, 대외경제정책연구소

시간: 2014년 6월 10일 화요일 오후 2시~4시

장소: 서울대 아시아연구소 101동 303호 국제회의실

문의: 박지현 조교 02-880-2695 seacenter@snu.ac.kr

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발표자 약력

Jikon Lai is Lecturer in International Relations at The University of Melbourne. He graduated with a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Australian National University (ANU). He had previously studied at the University of Oxford where he obtained an M.Phil. in International Relations; and the  London School of Economics and Political Science, finishing with a B.Sc. in Economics (First Class).

Jikon’s broad research interests include international political economy, the politics of global finance, the political economy of East Asia, and the politics of economic governance and economic development. He is author of a book on the evolution of financial sectors in East Asia entitled Financial Crisis and Institutional Change in East Asia that was published by Palgrave Macmillan in July 2012. Jikon has also published in the Asia Europe Journal and theJournal of the Asia-Pacific Economy. He is currently working across three related research areas: the politics of global Islamic finance, financial regulation in Asia and East Asian capitalisms.

발표 개요

Islamic Finance in Malaysia: Politics and Policy Making

How is it that Malaysia has captured the lion’s share of the global market for Islamic bonds (sukuk)? This is puzzling because rarely thought of as a key Muslim country like its neighbor, Indonesia with the world’s largest Muslim population, nor is it rich in capital like the GCC economies. This seminar will explore the motivations for the development of Islamic finance in Malaysia, as well as discuss the strategic policies and the deployment of political and technical leadership that have enabled the Malaysian economy to play a disproportionately significant role in the global market for Islamic finance. The presentation will conclude with some observations of remaining challenges faced by policy makers.