The Causes of Corruption in Middle East and North Africa Countries (MENA):an empirical study using a simple pooling data for the period (2003-2007).

At the last decades corruption is attracting a lot of attention around the world. This paper discuss the variables related to the "Causes of Corruption" in MENA countries at the period (2003-2007). We used a pooling data for a five years for (19) countries was used to fit the regression equations. The study conclude that corruption is a highly determined by the (root of corruption, weakness rule of law, dropping the total secondary enrollment ratio, weakness of competitive in the local market, and the Rating of freedom of the press). We suggest that, if a certain reforms are not made, corruption will be a real big problem in (MENA) countries