Table 4 Comparison of the mean differences between SSA and MENA for all variables.
From: Achieving sustainable development goals: do governance and foreign direct investment matter?
Variables | All sample | SSA countries | MENA countries | t-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Std Dev. | Mean | Std Dev. | Mean | Std Dev. | ||
Panel A: Dependent variables, Sustainable development goals | |||||||
Overall SDGs | 54.76 | 7.98 | 52.58 | 7.01 | 59.74 | 7.83 | 15.55*** |
ECO_SDGs | 46.34 | 13.66 | 42.22 | 11.77 | 55.78 | 13.01 | 17.68*** |
SOC_SDGs | 49.99 | 10.48 | 46.22 | 9.21 | 56.95 | 9.87 | 17.04*** |
ENV_SDGs | 66.15 | 8.82 | 66.36 | 8.63 | 65.95 | 9.22 | −1.24 |
Panel B: Independent variables | |||||||
GOV | −1.58 | 1.00 | −0.18 | 0.91 | 0.41 | 1.06 | 9.66*** |
FDI | 4.04 | 8.37 | 4.70 | 9.75 | 2.41 | 2.74 | −6.47*** |
GI | 50.80 | 10.64 | 47.52 | 8.71 | 58.33 | 10.86 | 17.40*** |
GS | 6.53 | 1.14 | 6.22 | 1.20 | 6.67 | 1.09 | −8.93*** |
GDP | 7.58 | 1.47 | 7.44 | 1.45 | 7.91 | 1.47 | .5.37*** |
POP | 16.25 | 1.30 | 16.17 | 1.27 | 16.44 | 1.34 | 3.34*** |
No of observations | 1288 | 897 | 391 | ||||
