Analysis of the contribution of the Zakat fund to sustainable development in Algeria : empirical approach

الملخص EN

Zakat is legal alms which is considered a means of redistributing wealth.

it plays an important role in reducing poverty.

the objective of this article is to examine the contribution of the Zakat fund to sustainable development in Algeria through a regression model based on the least ordinary squares relating the human development index and the revenues collected by the Zakat fund using annual data covering the period (2003-2020).

a cointegration test is also applied.

the results show that the revenues collected by the Zakat fund contribute significantly to the improvement of living standards.