Restructuring and Economic Performance: the Experience of the Tunisian Economy

MERIT-Infonomics Research Memorandum series Restructuring and economic performance: the experience of the Tunisian economy

Context Recognition of the Tunisian Revolution Formation: in Dignity Search

The public considers sociopolitical revolutions and movements as phenomena that occur suddenly and unpredictably. Still, these phenomena carry historical content and stem from sophisticated sociopolitical, cultural, and economic factors in the view of political scientists. Such a view provides the context in which sociopolitical revolutions and movements are analyzed, not in a single cause, but...

Islamic Finance and Economic Growth: The Iranian Experience

While Islamic banking and finance has started in more than 75 countries globally, unfortunately, a few studies have been conducted about its role in contributing to the real economy in these countries. A developed Islamic financial system will mobilise more investment funds and allocate to real economy, thereby enhancing investment and real sector growth. A healthy and profitable real sector wi...

Regionalization of the Iowa State University Extension System: Lessons Learned by Key Administrators

The cyclical economic downturn in the United States has forced many Extension administrators to rethink and adjust services and programming. The Cooperative Extension System (CES), the organization primarily responsible for governmental Extension work in the United States, at Iowa State University responded to this economic downturn by restructuring its organization from county based to a regio...

Welfare Assessment in Tunisian Dairy Herds by Animal-Linked Parameters and Performance Efficiency

Animal welfare considerations are becoming increasingly important for farming of animals, both in Tunisia and internationally. Practices which may have once been deemed acceptable are now being reassessed in the light of new knowledge and changing attitudes. And a clearly defined concept of welfare is needed for use in precise scientific measurements. If animal welfare is to be compared in diff...