The Effect of Economic Growth and Poverty on the Environmental Quality Index in the East Region of Indonesia

Volume 20 No 8 (2022)

Andi Tenri Lawa Putri Lanrang Haris, Basri Hasanuddin, Sanusi Fattah , Anas Iswanto Anwar

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.8.NQ44027

Abstract

Economic growth initially increases environmental damage, but in the long term, economic growth can reduce environmental damage. Poverty is one of the factors causing environmental damage. This study uses quantitative analysis methods. The type of data used is panel data regression from 12 provinces in eastern Indonesia with fixed model to analyze the effect of economic growth and poverty on the environmental quality index in 2015-2019. The data were analyzed using E-Views 10. The results showed that economic growth had a negative and insignificant effect on the environmental quality index and poverty had a negative and significant effect on the environmental quality index in eastern Indonesia.

Keywords

Economic Growth, Poverty, Environmental Quality Index

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