عدم الاستقرار السياسي و النمو الاقتصادي في الدول النامية

الملخص EN

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of political instability on economic growth in developing countries, and to discuss in this context, the main causes of political instability in these countries.

the study is divided into four parts: the first part explains the concept of political instability and discusses its relationship with economic growth in economic literature.

in the second part, the study tries to test the hypothesis : "political stability positively affects economic growth in developing countries".

this hypothesis is tested using the generalized method of moments (GMM) to estimate a dynamic panel data model for 33 developing countries from 2002 to 2010.

the third part analyzes the causes of political instability and tries to investigate which of these causes has a greater effect on growth in the 33 developing countries.

the fourth and last part includes the summary and results of the study.

the study concludes that political stability positively affects economic growth in developing countries.

regarding causes of political instability, the study also concludes that while inflation increases political instability, budget deficit decreases it.

so, according to these results, and in order to achieve higher rates of growth, policymakers need to investigate carefully the main and most pressing cause of political instability, and set their priorities accordingly.