الفقر و الفساد و النمو البائس : دليل تجريبي من الدول العربية النفطية

Abstract EN

The main aim of this study was to test for validity of immiserizing growth hypotheses in the Arab oil countries, through investigating the nature of relationship among corruption, economic growth and poverty in those countries.

For this purpose, the study used panel data for 8 countries during the period 2002-2019, and utilized generalized least squares GLS method.

The main findings of the study can be summarized in three points.

First, a negative relationship between economic growth and poverty.

However, this relationship become non-significant when controlling for the corruption variables.

Second, the interaction between economic growth and control of corruption index affected poverty negatively.

Third, the interaction between economic growth and corruption index affected poverty positively.