@inbook{183666,
  author = {Faisal Z. Ahmed},
  title = {The Political Economy of Unearned Foreign Income: An Application for Non-oil Producing Muslim States},
  abstract = { <p style="text-align:justify">
	<span style="text-autospace:none">This entry argues that foreign aid and remittances constitute a form of {\textquotedblleft}unearned foreign income{\textquotedblright} that has affected the public finances and shaped political outcomes in the non-oil producing Muslim countries in North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. Aid and remittance flows have stabilized authoritarian rule in this {\textquotedblleft}broader{\textquotedblright} Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by reducing the likelihood of conflict, fostering corruption, and extending the duration of non-democratic governments.</span>
</p>
 },
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Palgrave Dictionary on Middle East Economics},
  publisher = {Palgrave MacMillan},
  doi = {DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5},
  language = {eng},
}