The Impact of Good Governance on Human Development Iraq case study for the period (2005-2018)

Good governance has a major role in most economic, social and political variables, among them human development, as the success or failure of any country’s efforts to enhance the level of human development is closely linked to the nature and level of good governance. The latter constitutes the establishment of a sound environment for economic, social and human development. The study’s significance comes from the subject matter which explores good governance and its impact on human development. The study is based on the hypothesis that the relationship between good governance as an independent variable and human development as a dependent variable is a direct or positive one. In order to verify the research hypothesis, the level of both variables was studied as well as revealing the effect and the relationship between them, by using the descriptive method alongside the quantitative method represented by the econometric analysis. Finally, the study concluded with several findings which validate the hypothesis of the research, the most important of which is the existence of a positive relationship between the indicators of good governance and human development and that Iraq is experiencing a low level of good governance as it reached (7.9%) during the research period, leading to a poor level of human development which was (0.609) for the same period. In light of the findings, several proposals were put forward to raise the level of good governance in Iraq, the most important of which, as suggested by the researcher, is to elevate the level of political stability, absence of violence and combating corruption. Also the rule of law index should be increased due to its high level of influence among the indicators of good governance in Human Development.