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Poverty, Health and Economic Growth Interactions in MENA Countries: An Empirical Study
[Interaction entre pauvreté, santé et croissance économique dans les pays de la région MENA : une étude empirique]

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  • Houcine Bouhajeb

    (USO - جامعة سوسة = Université de Sousse = University of Sousse)

  • Abderraouf Ben Ahmed Mtiraoui

    (MOFID-Université de Sousse, USO - جامعة سوسة = Université de Sousse = University of Sousse)

  • Samira Chaabene

    (USO - جامعة سوسة = Université de Sousse = University of Sousse)

Abstract

This study examines the empirical interactions between inequality, economic growth, and poverty in MENA countries using data from 2011-2024. A simultaneous equations model is developed to capture the endogenous relationship between growth and poverty.Reducing poverty remains a central priority for human development, as highlighted by the UNDP (1996), with 21% of people below the income poverty line and 37% experiencing human-capacity deprivation. Short-term growth without human development is unsustainable, and vice versa (Richard Jolly, UNDP). This research first clarifies theoretically the links between inequality, growth, and poverty. It then empirically investigates the growth-inequality-poverty triangle. The findings provide evidence-based insights to inform policies aimed at sustainable poverty reduction.

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  • Houcine Bouhajeb & Abderraouf Ben Ahmed Mtiraoui & Samira Chaabene, 2026. "Poverty, Health and Economic Growth Interactions in MENA Countries: An Empirical Study [Interaction entre pauvreté, santé et croissance économique dans les pays de la région MENA : une étude empirique]," Post-Print hal-05607310, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05607310
    DOI: 10.63332/joph.v6i4.4183
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    JEL classification:

    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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