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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. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Duasa, Jarita and Afroz, Rafia (2024) Efficiency of Rice Production with Environmental Consideration. Journal of Economic Cooperation and Development, 45 (3). pp. 65-88.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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..
  12. 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
  13. Duasa, Jarita and Fauziyyah, Neneng Ela and Mohd Radzman, Nurhasya Adibah (2023) Determinants of food production in Southeast Asia region. Asian Journal of Research in Business and Management, 5 (1). pp. 11-22. E-ISSN 2682-8510
  14. Duasa, Jarita and Mohd Radzman, Nurhasya Adibah and Mohd Thas Thaker, Mohamed Asmy (2023) Assessing Malaysian firms' intention to use recombinant collagen-like protein in collagen products. In: 8th International Conference on Climate Change (8TH-ICCC), Bangkok, Thailand.
  15. Duasa, Jarita and Mohd Thas Thaker, Mohamed Asmy and Mohd Radzman, Nurhasya Adibah (2022) Collagen products sourced from recombinant collagen-like protein: acceptance analysis. Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal, 14 (4s). pp. 101-118. E-ISSN 1947-5667
  16. Duasa, Jarita and Rahman, Maya Puspa and Mohd Thas Thaker, Mohamed Asmy (2017) A Complementary Currency model proposed for Orang Asli community: an empirical analysis. In: Global Conference on Business and Economic Research (GCBER 2017), 14 - 15 August 2017, UPM Serdang, Malaysia.
  17. Duasa, Jarita and Ali, Siti Mariam and Yahya, Ros Anita (2019) Tendency of paying zakat among Muslim women involving in micro or small-scale enterprises in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Zakat, Tax, Waqf and Economic Development (ZAWED) 2019, 1st - 2nd December 2019, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia.
  18. Duasa, Jarita and Mohd Radzman, Nurhasya Adibah (2022) Climate change and ASEAN rice production. In: The International Conference on Health, Environmental, Food, and Agricultural 2022, Cemeron Highland, Pahang, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
  19. Duasa, Jarita and Afroz, Rafia (2022) Rice production efficiency in Malaysia. In: The 3rd International Conference on Advanced Research in Management, Economics and Accounting, Barcelona, Spain. (Unpublished)
  20. Duasa, Jarita and Fauziyyah, Neneng Ela and Mohd Radzman, Nurhasya Adibah (2022) Determinants of food production in Southeast Asia countries. In: 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Social Sciences, Management, Education and Technology 2022 (IMCSMET2022), 26th November 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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