Growth of Islamic Banking in Indonesia

Sigit Pramono is Chairman of SEBI School of Islamic Economics and Lecturer at University of Indonesia, IndonesiaYasushi Suzuki is Professor at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan.

• 1 Introduction  2 Indonesia’s Islamic banking: Shari’ah implementation, genesis, and socio-political context  3 Recent development of Indonesia’s Islamic banking: The economic realities  4 Theoretical background and review of related literature  5 Comparative study of Islamic banking regulation frameworks in Indonesia and Malaysia  6 Analyses of financial performance and stability of Asian Islamic banks  7 Analyses of the dynamic concentration and competition level of the Islamic banking sector in Indonesia  8 Comparative analysis of the operational efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks  9 Structural dilemma of Indonesia’s Islamic banking  10 A hypothesis of explaining the low penetration of Indonesia’s Islamic banks; Shari’ah-compliant benchmark and Shari’ah-based 'raf' al-haraj' benchmark on prohibition of riba  11 Epilogue – A Quarter-century journey of Islamic banking development in Indonesia: A revisited

"This important book assesses the factors affecting the growth of Indonesia’s Islamic banking sector from 2004 to 2018. Even though there is much research published in academic journals addressing this issue, the book incorporates various aspects, such as eco- nomics, finance, society, politics, government, and Sharia (religion). In addition, it compares the development and growth of Indonesia’s Islamic banking sector with that of Malaysia, Indonesia’s closest neighbor and the most developed in the field. It also investigates Asian banks more widely to gain a broader perspective.Finally, this book is highly recommended for regulators, market players, customers, suppliers, depositors, and all stakeholders because it delivers very important assessments and results on factors affecting the slower growth of Islamic banking in Indonesia. Despite some limitations in its scope and analysis, the book is quite comprehensive in answering the two puzzles noted earlier, from both economic and noneconomic perspec- tives, and both locally and internationally. International Islamic finance stakeholders can also benefit from the book, especially from its assessment of Malaysian, Bangladeshi, and other Asian banks." The Developing Economies, Volum 59, Issue 2, June 2020