IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITIES ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN

Abstract

The research utilized WDI data for the period 1990 to 2022, and it used human development Index as a dependent variable while fuel consumption, population growth, and FDI inflow were used as independent variables. The OLS regression revealed that population growth has significant as well as negative effects on human development, and that other variables have no significant effects. The null hypothesis was supported, hence rejecting that population growth has a significant effect on human development. The test established that there is no issue of multicollinarity, autocorrelation and heteroscedasticity.