Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA Region
The present paper investigates the impact of public service quality on economic growth in 15 MENA countries over the period 1996-2018, through the use of panel data analysis, including Fixed Effects Model, Random Effects Model and Hausman test. The Hausman test favors the fixed effect model, which c...
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| description | The present paper investigates the impact of public service quality on economic growth
in 15 MENA countries over the period 1996-2018, through the use of panel data analysis, including
Fixed Effects Model, Random Effects Model and Hausman test. The Hausman test favors the fixed
effect model, which clarifies that the government effectiveness index exerts a highly significant
positive impact on economic growth in 15 MENA countries. While the government spending
(freedom from government) exhibits a statistically insignificant positive effect on economic growth
in the selected countries. Based on these findings, it could be concluded that the ideal reconciliation
between delivering high-quality public services and keeping public spending low and efficient, is
the perfect recipe for the MENA region’s economic success. It is also recommended that MENA
governments should foster their cooperation with the private sector in the delivery of education and
health care services, besides tackling administrative reforms in alignment with the goal of providing
efficient public goods and services. Furthermore, anti-corruption policies should be knitted, taking
into serious consideration the promotion of institutional quality and optimization of government
size. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5b9197f139fa4bfca3c2b487278ebef92022-12-22T04:03:37ZengGeneral Association of Economists from RomaniaTheoretical and Applied Economics1841-86781844-00292021-12-01XXVIII4315018418678Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA RegionSiham MATALLAH0Lahouari BENLAHCENE1 University of Oran 2, Algeria University of Oran 2, Algeria The present paper investigates the impact of public service quality on economic growth in 15 MENA countries over the period 1996-2018, through the use of panel data analysis, including Fixed Effects Model, Random Effects Model and Hausman test. The Hausman test favors the fixed effect model, which clarifies that the government effectiveness index exerts a highly significant positive impact on economic growth in 15 MENA countries. While the government spending (freedom from government) exhibits a statistically insignificant positive effect on economic growth in the selected countries. Based on these findings, it could be concluded that the ideal reconciliation between delivering high-quality public services and keeping public spending low and efficient, is the perfect recipe for the MENA region’s economic success. It is also recommended that MENA governments should foster their cooperation with the private sector in the delivery of education and health care services, besides tackling administrative reforms in alignment with the goal of providing efficient public goods and services. Furthermore, anti-corruption policies should be knitted, taking into serious consideration the promotion of institutional quality and optimization of government size. http://store.ectap.ro/articole/1565.pdf the quality of public service provisioneconomic growthmena countriespanel data analysis |
| spellingShingle | Siham MATALLAH Lahouari BENLAHCENE Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA Region Theoretical and Applied Economics the quality of public service provision economic growth mena countries panel data analysis |
| title | Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA Region |
| title_full | Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA Region |
| title_fullStr | Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA Region |
| title_short | Public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the MENA Region |
| title_sort | public service delivery dilemma and economic growth challenges in the mena region |
| topic | the quality of public service provision economic growth mena countries panel data analysis |
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