Infrastructure Financing through Islamic
Finance in the Islamic Countries
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to achieve the status of high income countries that have scores of 65.8 and 72.7 for SDG9 and
quality of infrastructure respectively.
Chart 1.1: Status of SDG9 and Infrastructure Quality
Source: Bertelsmann Stiftung and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2018)
Chart 1.2: Infrastructure Status of Regions and OIC Members
Source: WEF Global Competitive Index Historical Dataset 2007-2017
Chart 1.2 shows the status of the overall infrastructure and its quality in OIC member countries
and different regions. While the index of the overall infrastructure in OIC countries (3.6) is
better than Sub-Saharan Africa (2.9) and South Asia (3.4), it is lower than all other regions.
Similarly, the quality of infrastructure of OIC countries (3.7) is lower than all other regions
except Latin America and Caribbean (3.5) and Sub-Saharan Africa (3.2). The relatively low
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SDG 9 Quality of overall infrastructure
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Overall Infrastructure Quality of Overall Infrastructure