iran, for it's socio-economic development is faced with limitations, because of growing population, economic drawbacks and shortcomings in resources. therefore, country planning should be based on considering the limitations. at present, water treatment industry in iran is regarded as one of the major development activities needing a comperehensive management with both quantitative and qua...

Foreign aid is essential in meeting the capital needs of countries that need more resources. However, literature, besides view foreign encourages economic performance, opinions suggest it has adverse effects on recipient countries. Some ideas argue positive impact depends institutional quality level nations. We examine relationships between aid, governance, and growth using dynamic panel data a...

This paper provides an historical overview of aid flows to North Africa. It assesses the aid allocation process and argues that past aid flows to the region have been heavily influenced by donor political interests. This has reduced the effectiveness of aid which, with the exception of Tunisia, has not been associated with sustained economic growth. The Arab Spring provides an opportunity to re...