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The importance of growth and income inequality is accepted by everyone. This study also examined the income inequality, economic growth and poverty relationship for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. In the predicated regression models, the dependent variable, the poverty index in countries, and the explanatory variables are the GINI rate for income inequality and the economic growth rate. The analysis was carried out for the MENA countries in the period 1985-2015. The countries included in the analysis are: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The assessments for this country group were made using panel data analysis and spatial maping techniques. Analysis and evaluations have been made through Stata 14.0 MP and GeoDA 1.8.8 Package Program. According to the results generally obtained; countries are homogeneous and the relationship between poverty, economic growth and income inequality is strong at the level of concern. In addition, the reduction of income inequality is much greater than the reduction of poverty, while the economic growth is much greater.

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