scholarly journals Efficiency Analysis of Islamic Banks in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Bootstrap DEA Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raéf Bahrini
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Dea Approach ◽  
Bootstrap Dea

A meta-frontier assessment of bank efficiency in Middle East and North Africa countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihsen Abid ◽  
Mohamed Goaied
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Profit Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Frontier Analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and compare the efficiency ratios and the technological gaps of banking industries in seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Design/methodology/approach The meta-frontier model was used to evaluate efficiency across countries that may have different production technologies. Findings The results of the meta-frontier analysis of banking systems over the period from 1991 to 2011 showed that Tunisian banks were the most efficient in terms of cost and profit. For the cost (profit) model, the analysis of the technological gap showed that Egyptian (Tunisian) banks used the most advanced technology in offering financial services to clients. The comparison of efficiencies confirmed that most efficient banks in terms of cost are not necessarily the most efficient in terms of profit and vice versa. The authors also concluded that cost efficiency analysis provides a partial view of banking efficiency and hence, profit efficiency analysis is as important. Originality/value The study is relevant for policymakers, regulators and monetary authorities and for researchers to know more about the real differences of efficiency of banks across countries in MENA region and to clarify the sources of this inefficiency to better adapt to the new environment, to make strategic decisions and to reference the performance of banking institutions.

scholarly journals The effect of liquidity risk on bank performance: A comparative study of Islamic and conventional banks in the middle east and north Africa region

Accounting ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1211-1220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tijani Amara ◽  
Tharwa Najar
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Liquidity Risk ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
The Impact

This study explores the impact of liquidity risk on Bank performance through a comparative study between conventional and Islamic banks in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). Bank Size, Capital adequacy ratio, liquidity Gap and Return on Assets are used as independent variables and the Bank Age, Inflation Rate and Growth Rate of Domestic product are used as macro-economic variables and the dependent variable is liquidity risk. The methodological choice is the generalized method of moments (GMM). We used a sample of 10 Islamic banks and 25 conventional banks in the MENA region during the period of 2006-2018. The results show various impacts of these variables on liquidity risk in both banks. We also find that the rise in CAR in Islamic banks and conventional banks does not influence liquidity risk. The logical explanations are that the bank could allocate funds to improve credit and fixed assets.

Press Propaganda and Subaltern Agents of Pan-Islamic Networks in the Muslim Mediterranean World prior to World War I

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odile Moreau
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
World War I ◽  
North Africa ◽  
World War ◽  
Subaltern Studies ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
The Press ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
History Of

This chapter explores movement and circulation across the Mediterranean and seeks to contribute to a history of proto-nationalism in the Maghrib and the Middle East at a particular moment prior to World War I. The discussion is particularly concerned with the interface of two Mediterranean spaces: the Middle East (Egypt, Ottoman Empire) and North Africa (Morocco), where the latter is viewed as a case study where resistance movements sought external allies as a way of compensating for their internal weakness. Applying methods developed by Subaltern Studies, and linking macro-historical approaches, namely of a translocal movement in the Muslim Mediterranean, it explores how the Egypt-based society, al-Ittihad al-Maghribi, through its agent, Aref Taher, used the press as an instrument for political propaganda, promoting its Pan-Islamic programme and its goal of uniting North Africa.

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