ECONOMETRIC STUDIES OF FOOD DEPENDENCY IN SOME DEVELOPING OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES.

In the developing oil-exporting countries could see the phenomenon of the paradox of plenty rather than other developed oil exporting countries. In which these countries possess high dependency on the hydrocarbons revenues. At the same more dependent on great food importation. the study confirmed the curse of resources or the paradox of plenty by an econometric estimation of food dependency and the prevalence of undernourishment. The studies proved the significant impact of explanatory variables on the dependent variables that are food import and malnutrition.