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The action of public power and Economic Development: Application to the health sector in the MENA region
[Action du pouvoir public et développement économique: Application au secteur de la santé dans la région MENA]

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The interest of this paper is to show that the action of public power in the management of public expenditure on health for the majority of MENA countries. Indeed, our empirical attempt tries to clarify the direct and indirect effects of the effectiveness of government economic development through public spending in the health sector over the period 1984-2012 in the MENA region while using the model of simultaneous equations.

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  • Mtiraoui, Abderraouf, 2015. "The action of public power and Economic Development: Application to the health sector in the MENA region [Action du pouvoir public et développement économique: Application au secteur de la santé da," MPRA Paper 62604, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    Public expenditure; Economic Growth; Government Effectiveness; Public expenditure on health; simultaneous equations model.;
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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