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

Abstract

Aim/purpose – Provision of basic education is pertinent to human capital development, poverty alleviation and abating the threat of insurgence in Africa. Governments in different countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) do budget and spend various amount of money on education every year, but little is known about the effect of such spending on education, especially primary school enrolment which forms the basic educational foundation.

Keywords

• primary school
• enrolment
• government
• expenditure
• gmm
• g30
• g32
• g38