Effect of public education expenditure on selected primary education outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Senadza, Bernardin; Hodey, Louis Sitsofe

doi:10.1504/ijeed.2015.075794

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“…In addition, they emphasise the importance of other factors—such as increased economic growth, expansion of telephone and Internet use—to accelerate the closing of the gender gap in education. Their results are consistent with those found by Senadza and Hodey (2015) on the urgency of increasing education spending but also and above all go beyond this by insisting on other parameters relevant to education for all.…”

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“…However, the African Union's Agenda 2063, which, in its aspiration 1, calls for gender equality, is still attainable. To achieve this, it will be necessary for countries in the zone to make public spending on education an emergency in accordance with the conclusions of Senadza and Hodey (2015). In addition, states would benefit from reorienting their expenses nomenclature to have public education expenses specifically dedicated to addressing gender inequalities in education.…”

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“…The choice of public education expenditure has its foundation in the contemporary literature on inclusive education. Indeed, states that invest more in education have achieved greater capital accumulation over time (Senadza & Hodey, 2015). Intuitively, the expected sign of public expense on the outcome variables is positive and significant.…”

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“…Second, the role of government through public spending is central to achieving MDGs 4 and 5, as some studies confirm. Senadza and Hodey (2015) postulate that universal schooling is achievable if governments in sub‐Saharan Africa are willing to prioritise public spending on primary education. Public spending on education can also reduce income inequality, which will have a positive effect on education (Sylwester, 2002).…”

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Effects of public expenditure on education on gender inequality in education in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA)

Mbodji

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The study examines the effect of public education expenditures on gender inequality in education in sub‐Saharan Africa. It covers 25 countries in sub‐Saharan Africa for the period 2010–2019. The generalised method of moments was used. The estimator developed by Blundell and Bond was chosen. The following results are found: (i) public expenditure on education has a positive effect on gender equality in education at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels; (ii) remittances have a negative effect on gender equality in education at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels; (iii) population growth has a negative effect on gender equality in education at the primary and tertiary levels, but at the secondary level, the effect is positive. The main political implication is that sub‐Saharan African countries must continue to invest in inclusive school to ensure gender equality, which remains a goal to be achieved in the region.

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Effects of public expenditure on education on gender inequality in education in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA)

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Inclusive education, gender inequality and public expenditure in sub‐Saharan Africa

Mbodji

2024

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In the contemporary literature, several studies have attempted to see the effect of gender inequality and public expenditure on inclusive education. However, few have attempted to determine the gender inequality threshold. In this study, we first examined the threshold of gender inequality which, when exceeded, the effect on inclusive education becomes negative. Second, we examined the effect of public expenditure on inclusive education in 17 countries in sub‐Saharan Africa, in the period from 2000 to 2019. The fixed‐effect panel data model was used. The following results have been established: (i) the gender inequality threshold from which the effect of gender inequality becomes negative on the gross enrolment rate is respectively established at 0.38 in primary and 0.37 in secondary. At the higher level, the effect of gender inequality is linear and negative on the gross enrolment rate; (ii) public expenditure on education has a positive and significant effect at the primary and secondary level on inclusive education. However, its effect at the higher level is negative. As implications, the results constitute and intermediate objective for the countries for the sub‐Saharan Africa which failing to achieve gender equality, would benefit from reducing inequality to 0.38 at primary level and 0.37 at secondary level. Secondary, education in order to cancel out the negative effect of gender inequality on gross enrolment rates at the primary and secondary level. Secondly, states must further consider public education expenditure as a relevant instrument for achieving SDG 4.

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Effect of public education expenditure on selected primary education outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Effects of public expenditure on education on gender inequality in education in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA)

Effects of public expenditure on education on gender inequality in education in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA)

Inclusive education, gender inequality and public expenditure in sub‐Saharan Africa

A Socio−economic Impact Analysis of the Political Crisis in Burundi with a Focus on Children: A Macro–Micro Framework

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