Reflections on Banks, Development, and Society

About this book

Al-Mahdi Al-Salihi examines financial and social transformations that have reshaped the Arab world over more than fifteen years. Banking and monetary policy are treated not as isolated technical systems but as part of a wider question about ethics, justice, and human dignity. The book traces the emergence of participatory banking and Islamic finance as potential developmental alternatives amid debt and global crises, then broadens its view to disasters, pandemics, digital public space, and freedom of expression. Its central concern is how sustainable development can unite economic effectiveness with respect for the human person.