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Revista mexicana de economía y finanzas
On-line version ISSN 2448-6795Print version ISSN 1665-5346
Abstract
ELFI BARUS, Elida; SYAHRIAL, Murah; MUCHTAR, Evan Hamzah and TRIANTO, Budi. Islamic Financial Literacy, Islamic Financial Inclusion and Micro-Business Performance. Rev. mex. econ. finanz [online]. 2024, vol.19, n.1, e967. Epub May 20, 2024. ISSN 2448-6795. https://doi.org/10.21919/remef.v19i1.967.
This research aims to look at the role of Islamic financial literacy component in creating financial inclusion and developing micro-businesses in Indonesia. Cross sectional research design was employed in this study and data were collected from 138 micro-business located in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. The data was analyzed using path analysis and IBM SPSS 26 was adopted to testing the hypotesis. This study revealed that only two of Islamic financial literacy components positively and significant influences Islamic financial inclusion. This study also found that only one component of Islamic financial literacy positively and significantly influences micro-business performance. Other findings show a positive and significant relationship between Islamic financial inclusion and micro-business performance. This study indicates that component of Islamic financial literacy play an important role in promoting Islamic financial inclution which is necessary for growth of micro-business in Indonesia. Owner or manager of micro-business should increase their Islamic financial literacy through various training programs. This is the first study in Indonesia in investigating the role of Islamic financial litaracy on financial inclusion and micro-business development. This study has limitations in sample size and research location.
Keywords : Islamic Financial Literacy; Islamic Financial Inclusion; Micro-Business Development; Indonesia.