The impact of Social Progress and governance on business environment and well-being in MENA - panel models- 1995-2020

This study aims to test the impact of the social progress and governance of the political, institutional and legal arrangements on business environment and well-being in the MENA countries, by applying the Panel cointegration and causal models on a sample of 21 MENA countries during the period 1995-2020. The study indicated that the digital social progress index has a positive effect development and well-being index in the MENA countries, in addition to the existence of a long-term relationship between digital social progress index and development and well-being index