Papers

Goud, Blake. 2009. "Islamic Finance in North America," Published by Yasaar Media (Co-published by UM Financial, King & Spalding, Codexa Capital and Doha Islamic). PDF

Feroz, Ehsan H. and Blake Goud. 2009. "Grameen La Riba Model: A Strategy for Global Poverty Alleviation," Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance, Volume 5, Issue 2, May-August 2009 (pdf).

Feroz, Ehsan, Blake Goud and Mohammad Rahman. 2008. "The Development and Implementation of Shari'ah-based Microfinance Using the Grameen Group Financing Methodology," Presented at a pre-forum workshop on Islamic microfinance at the 8th Harvard University Forum on Islamic Finance.

Articles

Business Islamica

Goud, Blake. 2010. "Can Securitization Help Islamic Finance Grow?" Business Islamica, July 2010.
Goud, Blake. 2010. "Something Different: Filling the Islamic Finance Gap in the US," Business Islamica, April-May 2010.
Goud, Blake. 2010. "Different Direction: New Sukuk for a New Year", Business Islamica, February 2010
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Islamic Finance 101: Istisna'a", Business Islamica, December 2009
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Chicken or the Egg: Sukuk Secondary Markets and the Need for a Shari'ah-compliant Yield Curve", Business Islamica, December 2009
Goud, Blake. 2009. "On the Scales: Weighing Innovation in Islamic Finance", Business Islamica, November 2009
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Sukuk buybacks", Business Islamica, October 2009
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Calm in the eye of the storm," Business Islamica, September 2009
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Expanding Options: Islamic ETFs Offer New Choice," Business Islamica, July-August 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Theory vs. Reality: Capital Rules May Have to Change to Bring Islamic Finance Forward ", Business Islamica, June 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "The Benefits of Replication," Business Islamica , May 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Funding College Education in the U.S. for Muslims", Business Islamica, April 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "How Would Bankruptcy Affect Sukuk?" Business Islamica, February 2009, pages 24-26.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Welcome Debate: Fostering Sukuk Transparency," Business Islamica, January 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Looking for a Level Playing Field: Islamic Finance Regulations in the U.S.," Business Islamica, January 2009, pp. 26-27.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Standard Procedure: Transparency and Templates Could Help Speed Islamic Finance Growth," Business Islamica, November 2008, pp. 24-25.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Atmosphere of Uncertainty: Challenges Facing Sukuk,"Business Islamica, October 2008, pp. 22-24.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Learning From Experience: Standardization in Islamic Finance,"Business Islamica, September 2008, pp. 22-23.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Renewable Energy and Islamic Finance," Business Islamica, May 2008, pp. 68-72.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Good things come in small packages," Business Islamica, January 2008, pp. 78-80.

 

Islamic Business & Finance

Goud, Blake. 2010. "Courting Disaster", Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 52, April 2010.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Looking inside America", Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 48, December 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "Driving force", Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 41, April 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2009. "East Cameron Sukuk sinks", Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 40, March 2009.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Two Roads Home," Islamic Business & Finance, September 2008, p. 32-34.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Not Unbankable Any More: Putting The Poor First," Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 29, April 2008.
Goud, Blake. 2007. "State of the Nation," Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 25, December 2007, pp. 18-20.
Goud, Blake. 2007. "Islamic Microfinance: Banking on the Poor," Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 23, October 2007.
Goud, Blake. 2007. "Born in the USA," Islamic Business & Finance, Issue 22, September 2007, pp. 16-17.

So Far: The Journal of Strategic Thought in Islamic Finance

Goud, Blake. 2010. "Recognizing Excellence In Islamic Finance", So Far: The Journal of Strategic Thinking in Islamic Finance, Yasaar Media, Volume 1, Issue 3, July 2010, pp. 10-13.  (pdf).
Goud, Blake. 2010. "Islamic Wealth Management", So Far: The Journal of Strategic Thinking in Islamic Finance, Yasaar Media, Volume 1, Issue 2, May 2010, pp. 10-14.  (pdf)
Goud, Blake. 2010. "The Credibility of Sukuk", So Far: The Journal of Strategic Thinking in Islamic Finance, Yasaar Media, Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2010, pp. 10-17.  (pdf)

Other

Goud, Blake. 2010. "Opinion Column: Zaid Ibrahim Report on Islamic Finance," Opalesque Islamic Finance Intelligence, Issue 10, July 29, 2010, p. 21-22.
Goud, Blake. 2010. "Organizing Islamic Finance in North America," Islamic Finance News, May 12, 2010, p. 10-11.
Goud, Blake. 2009. Zawya Collaborative Sukuk Report. "East Cameron Gas Sukuk" and "Sukuk Issuance in North America", pp. 34-67, 64-66.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Islamic Finance in the United States," Islamic Finance News, May 2, 2008, p. 14-15.
Goud, Blake. 2007. "Debt alternative for Islamic states should be explored," Clear Profit, Issue 44, May 27, 2007, page 5.

Other Publications

Goud, Blake. 2010. "Unitarian-Universalism and Islamic Finance," Selected for "Honorable Mention" in the S.E.VEN Fund's 'Morality of Profit' Essay Competition. It will appear as part of a book later this year.
Goud, Blake. 2008. "Making the difficult transition," Blog post on 'Editor's Blog' on CPI Financial.
Profiled in Oregon Business Magazine's "Oregon Innovates" for "Faith-based finance tackles poverty" (page 20), reprinted in Oregon Business Magazine's Power Book 2008, page 25.
Deakin, Michelle Bates. 2007. "Unitarian Universalist heads Islamic investing group," UUWorld, June 15, 2007.
Haught, Nancy. 2007. "Retaining Ethics When Investing," The Oregonian, February 10, 2007.