1. SR-1143 | © 2008 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved.. Kathi Vian Director, Ten-Year Forecast Program Mani Pande Research Director INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE Ten-Year Forecast Retreat April 9–10, 2008 THE PULSE OF THE ECONOMY: IDENTITY

2. The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, National Geographic, 2003

3. diaspora: a dispersed population that shares a common identity based on place of origin

4. new diaspora: a dispersed population that leverages connective technologies to manage shared identity across worlds

5. NEW DIASPORAS

6. new diasporas: the real emerging economies of the future

7. identity: the key value in new diasporas

8. identity management: the platform for economic innovation

9. NEW DIASPORAS

10. virtual diasporas: dispersed groups who leverage their identities across multiple online platforms

17. Source: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_maps/muslim_distribution.jpg

18. shariah: canon of Islamic law

19. ISLAMIC INFLUENCE

20. sukuk: Shariah-compliant investment instruments

21. takaful: Shariah-compliant insurance

23. Islamic banking has grown at an average annual rate of 15% 300 Islamic financial institutions are present today in over 51 countries

25. mudarabah: profit-sharing loans in which the bank provides funds and the entrepreneur provides expertise, labor, and management

27. biometric diaspora: dispersed groups of people groups of people who see themselves as related through their biological identity markers

31. SR-1143 | © 2008 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved.. Kathi Vian Director, Ten-Year Forecast Program Mani Pande Research Director INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE Ten-Year Forecast Retreat April 9–10, 2008 THE PULSE OF THE ECONOMY: IDENTITY