دراسة تحليلية قياسية لمحددات مؤشر الفقر البشري في الجزائر

Abstract EN

This study came to analyze and measure the human poverty index and its determinants in Algeria, and compared it to its levels in some countries in the Arab world.

for this we used an analytical-econometric approach.

In which we select a number of indicators related to the human poverty factor such as the index of spending on education, the index of spending on health care, the unemployment index, and we attempt to build a econometric model of the human poverty index PHI-1.

This is done by identifying the factors influencing on it.

The results of this study, showed that exist a negative relationship between the human poverty index and the education and health spending indicators and the gross domestic product (GDP).

the model indicated also a positive relationship between this index PHI-1 and the unemployment rate.

To reduce human poverty by 1%, we had to increase GDP by 0.

13%, increase health spending by 0.

71% or reduce the unemployment rate by 0.

29%.