Assessing The Performance Of Zakat And Samurdhi Scheme In Alleviating Poverty Among The Muslim Community In Sri Lanka

Abi Huraira Rifas, Hayathu Mohamed, Ahamed Hilmy, I. Saujan
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Poverty is one of the most hotly debated subjects in international development. It is also discussed in all economic development and governmental policymaking. Every country in the world adopts poverty alleviation strategies since poverty has been negatively impacting on economic growth. Despite this global trend, Sri Lanka has its own unique strategies that set it apart. The Samurdhi is one of the key schemes to reduce poverty in society regardless of faith or ethnicity in Sri Lanka. Notably, Muslims in Sri Lanka get benefits from Samurdhi and Zakāt programmes which play a major role in poverty reduction especially among Muslim community. on this background, this study aims to analyse the performance of both Zakāt and Samurdhi schemes in poverty alleviation among the Muslim community in the study area. This study is based on qualitative research paradigm and employs both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through the unstructured interviews, conducted with the coordinators, animators, and beneficiaries of both programs. All interview scripts were analysed using the Thematic Content Analysis (TCA) method. The study concluded with the argument that both schemes (Samurdhi and Zakāt) immensely contributed to poverty alleviation in the study area, especially among the Muslim community. However, Samurdhi scheme is more effective than the zakat programme during the study period (2019-2022) as Samurdhi scheme was implemented with the support of the government and annually government is allocating fund separately. Apart from this, no government funds were allocated for the proper implementation of the zakat programme via the Zakāt foundations. It is noteworthy that Zakāt system has been functioning by the donations from wealthy Muslims. Meanwhile, Zakāt scheme was effectively implemented in certain areas of Akkaraipattu. However, comparatively Zakāt scheme was not implemented effectively among beneficiaries in the whole study area.
评估天课和 Samurdhi 计划在减轻斯里兰卡穆斯林社区贫困方面的绩效
贫困是国际发展领域争论最激烈的话题之一。在所有经济发展和政府决策中也都会讨论这个问题。由于贫困对经济增长产生了负面影响,世界上每个国家都在采取减贫战略。尽管存在这一全球趋势,斯里兰卡仍有自己独特的战略,使其与众不同。Samurdhi 是斯里兰卡不分信仰或种族的社会减贫关键计划之一。值得注意的是,斯里兰卡的穆斯林从 Samurdhi 和 Zakāt 计划中获益,这两个计划在减贫方面发挥了重要作用,尤其是在穆斯林群体中。在此背景下,本研究旨在分析 Zakāt 和 Samurdhi 计划在减轻研究地区穆斯林群体贫困方面的表现。本研究以定性研究范式为基础,同时采用原始数据和二手数据。第一手数据是通过与这两项计划的协调员、宣传员和受益人进行的非结构化访谈收集的。所有访谈脚本均采用主题内容分析法(TCA)进行分析。研究结论认为,这两项计划(Samurdhi 和 Zakāt)都为研究地区的减贫工作做出了巨大贡献,尤其是在穆斯林社区。然而,在研究期间(2019-2022 年),Samurdhi 计划比天课方案更加有效,因为 Samurdhi 计划是在政府的支持下实施的,每年政府都会单独拨款。除此之外,政府没有为通过天课基金会适当实施天课方案分配资金。值得注意的是,天课系统一直依靠富裕穆斯林的捐款运作。同时,天课计划在阿卡拉帕图的某些地区得到了有效实施。然而,相对而言,扎卡特计划在整个研究地区的受益者中并未得到有效实施。
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