A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE COST OF LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE BETWEEN NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36690/2674-5208-2021-1-23

Keywords:

cost of living, city, price indexes, Lifestyle, Cost of Living Index, Rent Index, Groceries Index, wages

Abstract

Through research and delving into the issue of the cost of living, as it is considered one of the important matters that concern the citizen and business owners and companies, as there are many studies, research, abstracts, reports and articles about the cost of living in different cities around the world. Although these studies are rich and powerful, only final results, such as city rankings, or summaries of most important and least-ranked cities, are published without price indexes displayed and compared. But through this paper, we aim to study a comparison between the most livable city countries in North Africa and the quality of life in them, using a presentation and comparison of cost-of-living data for the year 2020/2021.

We will compare the outputs for the price indexes between the countries and cities under study, as these countries under study have a contiguous geographical location in North Africa and also have many common factors that were the reason behind the study and comparison of the cost of living in them, where this type of analysis and comparison to help people or business owners determine which city will be moved to reduce the cost of living.

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Author Biography

Taha Mohamed Daab, KROK University

postgraduate student, «KROK» University, Kyiv, Ukraine

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Published

2021-03-05

How to Cite

Daab, T. M. (2021). A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE COST OF LIVING AND QUALITY OF LIFE BETWEEN NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES. Economics, Finance and Management Review, (1), 23–34. https://doi.org/10.36690/2674-5208-2021-1-23

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Chapter 1. Current trends in economic development