scholarly journals Government spending and school enrolment in sub-Saharan Africa: A system GMM approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 91-108
Author(s):  
Isiaq Olasunkanmi Oseni ◽  
◽  
Daniel Akinola Babalola ◽  
Sakiru Oladele Akinbode ◽  
Soliu Bidemi Adegboyega ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Government Spending ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
School Enrolment ◽  
System Gmm ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Public Governance and Productive Efficiency in Sub–Saharan Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giampaolo Garzarelli ◽  
Yasmina Rim Limam ◽  
Stefania P.S. Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Government Spending ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Productive Efficiency ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Economic Variables ◽  
Public Governance ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Models ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract Do economic variables operate through the channel of public governance to impact technical (or productive) efficiency in Sub Saharan Africa? We present different stochastic frontier models where technical efficiency is a relation between three economic variables, education, government spending, and trade openness, and three public governance variables, government effectiveness, political stability, and regulatory quality. In all cases, education operates through public governance to improve efficiency while government spending does not.

scholarly journals CONTEXT MATTERS: FOSTERING, ORPHANHOOD AND SCHOOLING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATE HAMPSHIRE ◽  
GINA PORTER ◽  
SAMUEL AGBLORTI ◽  
ELSBETH ROBSON ◽  
ALISTER MUNTHALI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Education For All ◽  
School Enrolment ◽  
Educationally Disadvantaged ◽  
Aids Orphans ◽  
Educational Disadvantage ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Sub Saharan

SummaryA growing body of research suggests that orphanhood and fostering might be (independently) associated with educational disadvantage in sub-Saharan Africa. However, literature on the impacts of orphanhood and fostering on school enrolment, attendance and progress produces equivocal, and often conflicting, results. This paper reports on quantitative and qualitative data from sixteen field-sites in Ghana and Malawi, highlighting the importance of historical and social context in shaping schooling outcomes for fostered and orphaned children. In Malawi, which has been particularly badly affected by AIDS, orphans were less likely to be enrolled in and attending school than other children. By contrast, in Ghana, with its long tradition of ‘kinship fostering’, orphans were not significantly educationally disadvantaged; instead, non-orphaned, purposively fostered children had lower school enrolment and attendance than their peers. Understanding the context of orphanhood and fostering in relation to schooling is crucial in achieving ‘Education for All’.

A Tale of Cyclicality, Aid Flows and Debt: Government Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 823-849 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. D. Lledo ◽  
I. Yackovlev ◽  
L. Gadenne
Keyword(s):  
Government Spending ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

SUBSTITUTABILITY BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE CONSUMPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
GRACE NKANSA ASANTE ◽  
GIDEON AMANKWAH ◽  
GODWILL BRUCE NYARKOH ◽  
SAMUEL TAWIAH BAIDOO
Keyword(s):  
Government Spending ◽  
Private Consumption ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Sub Saharan

The question of whether private and public consumption are complements or substitutes has been an issue of concern and hence, attracted the attention of researchers and policy think tanks. This study therefore investigates this important phenomenon within the context of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to inform the design of fiscal policy measures. Using panel data spanning the period 1981–2016 for 21 sub-Saharan African countries, the results indicate that, government and private consumption are substitutes. This indicates that government spending crowds out private consumption in the sub region. Vital policy implications have been provided for consideration based on the findings.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document