Contribution of Zakat for Regional Economic Development

Agus Purnomo, Galuh Nashrulloh Kartika Majangsari Rofan, Atike Zahra Maulida

2018

Abstract

Islamic economic development shows a significant increase in Indonesia. State revenue comes from tax payments and zakat payments, therefore these two items can sustain the development of the economic development of the community. Tax and zakat funds if collected and distributed in accordance with sharia principles can help economic growth and the development of infrastructure facilities needed by the Indonesian people. This study discusses the contribution of zakat to regional development in 2015 to 2017. This research is a qualitative research using descriptive analysis. Primary data in this study are data obtained from BAZNAS of South Kalimantan Province in Banjarmasin, while secondary data is obtained from reports on zakat fund collection in 2015-2017, books on zakat, scientific journals, articles and others. Data collection in this study uses interview, observation, literature study and documentation techniques. The results of this study conclude that zakat funds are distributed in the economic, education and health sectors as follows: 1) in 2015 zakat funds amounted to Rp. 665,332,320, the funds were empowered by the community by 44% for economic activities with a nominal amount of Rp. 294,300,000. This activity is in the form of additional business capital. 2) The distribution of education funds has increased from 2015 by 0.45% and in 2016 the contribution of education funds increased by 32.3%. In 2017 economic activity experienced an increase of 8.43% from the previous year.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Purnomo A., Rofan G. and Maulida A. (2018). Contribution of Zakat for Regional Economic Development. In Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences - Volume 1: BICESS, ISBN 978-989-758-470-1, pages 441-447. DOI: 10.5220/0009022400002297

in Bibtex Style

@conference{bicess18,
author={Agus Purnomo and Galuh Nashrulloh Kartika Majangsari Rofan and Atike Zahra Maulida},
title={Contribution of Zakat for Regional Economic Development},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences - Volume 1: BICESS,},
year={2018},
pages={441-447},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009022400002297},
isbn={978-989-758-470-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences - Volume 1: BICESS,
TI - Contribution of Zakat for Regional Economic Development
SN - 978-989-758-470-1
AU - Purnomo A.
AU - Rofan G.
AU - Maulida A.
PY - 2018
SP - 441
EP - 447
DO - 10.5220/0009022400002297