مجلة البشائر الاقتصادية

Productive Zakat, Entrepreneurship And Sustainable Development: A Critical Review And Conceptual Framework For Beneficiary Welfare And Business Success

Auteurs : Tourab Née Laggoun Imane .

Résumé

Productive zakat is increasingly viewed as a mechanism for socioeconomic empowerment through entrepreneurship and beneficiary welfare. This study critically compares two empirical models examining the relationships between productive zakat, entrepreneurial factors, business outcomes, and the welfare of mustahiq (eligible zakat beneficiaries). It synthesizes findings from Widiastuti et al. (2021), based on 100 respondents, and Santoso et al. (2024), based on 111 productive-zakat recipients. Both studies use partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The comparison indicates that zakat-related interventions are associated with improved welfare, but their direct effects on business growth or success are not consistently significant. Business assistance, entrepreneurial motivation, and competence may help explain these relationships. The study proposes an integrated conceptual framework, while acknowledging that its links remain to be empirically tested. Further research, particularly in Algeria, should examine business sustainability, employment creation, and economic autonomy.

Mots clés

Zakat ; Entrepreneurship ; Sustainable Development ; Poverty Reduction ; Welfare ; Employment