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Prof. Dr. Jarita Duasa

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Economics

KULLIYYAH OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Applied Economics, International Economics, Economic Development, Environmental Economics, Waqaf, zakat, and microfinance, Food security

Jarita Duasa is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia. Her research niche areas are International Economics, International Finance, Economic Development, Environmental Economics and Applied Economics. She obtained her PhD degree from University of Sheffield, U.K. in 2005. She is actively involves in research and she won several awards in research at faculty, university and national levels. Her work is made possible by her receipt of support in the form of grants from various agencies and organizations nationally and internationally. These include grants from the Malaysian Institute of Integrity (IIM), International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCIEF), Permodalan Nasional more...

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  1. Broni, Mohammed Yaw and Duasa, Jarita and Abdul Samad, Sakinah and Lacheheb, Zakaria (2026) Conceptualising state benevolence from an Islamic perspective. Labuan e-Journal of Muamalat and Society, 20 (1). pp. 123-138. ISSN 1985-482X E-ISSN 2672-7390
  2. Nurrachmi, Rininta and Duasa, Jarita (2026) Does income inequality validate the environmental Kuznets curve? Evidence from ASEAN-6. International Journal of Green Economics, 20 (3). pp. 251-274. ISSN 1744-9928 E-ISSN 1744-9936
  3. Duasa, Jarita and Idris, Zera Zuryana and Mohd Thas Thaker, Mohamed Asmy and Ahmad, Azlin Alisa (2025) Bibliometric analysis of environmental and climate change variables in palm oil production models: trends and intellectual landscapes. AJEHH: Asian Journal of Environment, History and Heritage, 9 (2). pp. 33-57. ISSN 2590-4213 E-ISSN 2590-4310
  4. Duasa, Jarita and Wiranatakusuma, Dimas Bagus (2025) Toward inclusive finance: analyzing refugees’ access to digital financial services in Malaysia. Platform: A Journal of Management and Humanities, 8 (2). pp. 19-29. E-ISSN 2637-0859
  5. Duasa, Jarita and Zulkifli, Izyani and Idris, Zera Zuryana (2025) Voluntary childlessness and Islamic perspectives: a systematic literature review. Malaysian Journal for Islamic Studies, 9 (2). pp. 108-127. E-ISSN 2550-2042
  6. Duasa, Jarita and Zulkifli, Izyani and Idris, Zera Zuryana (2025) A bibliometric review on voluntary childlessness in marriage from the Islamic perspective. TAFHIM: IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World, 18 (2). pp. 27-56. ISSN 2231-7015 E-ISSN 2637-0921
  7. Duasa, Jarita and Idris, Zera Zuryana (2025) Food security and Islamic perspective: a systematic literature review. Labuan E-Journal of Muamalat and Society (LJMS), 19 (2). pp. 20-45. ISSN 1985-482X E-ISSN 2672-7390
  8. Duasa, Jarita and Jabin Shabnam, Farhana and Maulan, Suharni (2025) Digital financial inclusion of refugees in Malaysia: a comparison of digital and traditional financial services. Journal of Business and Social Development, 13 (2). pp. 245-265. E-ISSN 2600-9668
  9. Duasa, Jarita and Idris, Zera Zuryana and Mohd Thas Thaker, Mohamed Asmy and Ahmad, Azlin Alisa (2025) Assessing the drivers of palm oil production in Malaysia: a quantile regression approach with environmental considerations. In: 2nd Food Security Symposium: Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (FSS 2025), 29th August 2025, Online.
  10. Broni, Mohammed Yaw and Duasa, Jarita and Lacheheb, Zakaria and Abdul Samad, Sakinah (2025) Foreign aid donation and the donor countries’ economic growth: an empirical study of OIC member countries. Revelation and Science, 2 (1). pp. 92-108. E-ISSN 2229-9947
  11. Broni, Mohammed Yaw and Duasa, Jarita and Lacheheb, Zakaria and Abdul Samad, Sakinah (2025) The impact of welfare state on economic growth of OIC countries: the moderating role of government effectiveness. Labuan E-journal of Muamalat and Society, 19 (1). pp. 117-135. ISSN 1985-482X E-ISSN 2672-7390
  12. Duasa, Jarita and Munir, Misbahul (2025) Green waqf and sustainable development: cases in Malaysia and Indonesia. In: Islamic Finance and Sustainability: A Research Companion. Routledge Research Companions in Business and Economics . Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, United Kingdom, pp. 508-541. ISBN 9781032855431
  13. Duasa, Jarita and Zainan Nazri, Nurul Jannah and Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus (2025) Recombinant collagen-like protein: ethical policy and consumers’ likelihood to consume. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 16 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1759-0817 E-ISSN 1759-0825
  14. Duasa, Jarita and Afroz, Rafia (2024) Efficiency of Rice Production with Environmental Consideration. Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development, 45 (3). pp. 65-88.
  15. Duasa, Jarita (2023) Zakat practices among Muslim migrant workers in Malaysia. Share: Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan Islam, 12 (2). pp. 451-477. ISSN 2089-6239 E-ISSN 2549-0648
  16. Nurrachmi, Rininta and Duasa, Jarita and Ariffin, Muhammad Irwan and Afroz, Rafia (2024) The Nexus Between Income Inequality and Environmental Degradation in ASEAN-6 Countries During 1992 – 2015 from Islamic Perspective. Al-Muzara’ah, 12 (1). pp. 159-175. ISSN 2337-6333 E-ISSN 2615-7659
  17. Duasa, Jarita and Afroz, Rafia (2020) The potential and strategy of Zakat collection from foreign workers. Azka Research Series (4). Akademi Zakat (AZKA), Pusat Pungutan Zakat (PPZ). ISBN ISBN 978-967-17088-6-6
  18. Duasa, Jarita and Mohd Radzman, Nurhasya Adibah (2024) Zakat among muslim foreign workers: payment in Malaysia versus origin country. Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal, 16 (2). pp. 962-973. ISSN 0973-0664
  19. Duasa, Jarita and Mohd Radzman, Nurhasya Adibah (2023) Zakat among Muslim foreign workers: payment in Malaysia versus origin country. In: The 8th Southeast Asia International Philanthropy Conference 2023, 7-9 November 2023, The Waterfront Hotel Kuching, Sarawak..
  20. Kamarudin, Ainatul Aqilah and Duasa, Jarita and Kassim, Salina and Imon, Riasat Amin (2023) Islamic capital market-growth nexus pre and post IFSA 2013: empirical evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Islamic Banking and Finance Research, 11 (1). pp. 20-34. ISSN 2576-4136 E-ISSN 2576-4144

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