Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Economic Success Story?

Nwachukwu

2015

Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making circles. This note extends what we know on this nexus in a threefold manner:namely, in terms of: incremental, lifelong learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are established. First, education is a powerful tool in the fight against corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third, lifelong learning defined as knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary education negatively affects corruption. Fourth, there is evidence of a 'synergy effect' because the impact of lifelong learning is higher than the combined effects of various educational levels. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. Two main policy implications are derived. First, encouraging education through the tertiary level enhances the fight against corruption. Second, the drive towards a knowledge economy by means of lifelong learning has 'corruption mitigating' benefits.

Section: Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Incremental Effect of Education on Corruption: Evidence of Synergy from Lifelong Learning

Nwachukwu

2015

“…The choice of this periodicity is constrained by the political stability and/or non-violence indicators which are available only from the year Baliamoune-Lutz, 2013;Drine, 2013) and; sub-Saharan Africa (Subramanian, 2013;Lundahl & Petersson, 2013;Robinson, 2013;Fosu, 2013b;Naudé, 2013).…”

Section: Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Lifelong Learning in Political Stability and Non-Violence: Evidence from Africa

Nwachukwu

2014

Purpose -Education as a weapon in the fight against conflict and violence remains widely debated in policy and academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge economy in 21 st century development, this paper provides three contributions to existing literature. It assesses how political stability/ non-violence is linked to the incremental, synergy and lifelong learning effects of education.Design/methodology/approach -We define lifelong learning as the combined knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary education. Principal component analysis is used to reduce the dimensions of educational and political indicators. An endogeneity robust dynamic system Generalized Methods of Moments is used for the estimations.Findings -We establish three main findings. First, education is a useful weapon in the fight against political instability. Second, there is an incremental effect of education in the transition from secondary to tertiary schools. Third, lifelong learning also has positive and synergy effects. This means that the impact of lifelong learning is higher than the combined independent effects of various educational levels. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010.Practical implications -A plethora of policy implications are discussed, inter alia: how the drive towards increasing the knowledge economy through lifelong learning can be an effective tool in the fight against violence and political insurgency in Africa.Originality/value -As the continent is nursing knowledge economy ambitions, the paper is original in investigating the determinants of political stability/non violence from three dimensions of education attainment: the incremental, the lifelong learning and a synergy effect.

“…However recent evidence suggests that the core country can serve as a role model of development for other emerging countries, particularly in terms of KE (Lee, 2009). By using the South Korean KE experience are a core model for frontier African countries, the paper also extends a recent stream of studies on 'achieving development success: strategies and lessons from the developing world' (Fosu, 2013a;Lee, 2013;Jomo & Wee, 2013;Warr, 2013;Thoburn, 2013;Khan, 2013;Singh, 2013;Yao, 2 "There is some scepticism about Korea as role model of development as the Korean model involved a considerable degree of state activism, unacceptable in today's global environment" (Lee, 2009, p.1). 2013; Robinson, 2013;Subramanian, 2013;Lundahl & Petersson, 2013;Fosu, 2013b;Naudé, 2013;De Mello, 2013;Solimano, 2013;Trejos, 2013;Pozo et al, 2013;Cardoso, 2013;Looney, 2013;Baliamoune-Lutz, 2013;& Drine, 2013.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge Economy Gaps, Policy Syndromes and Catch-Up Strategies: Fresh South Korean Lessons to Africa

2014