The quality of governance and education spending in Africa

Nyamongo, M.E. (Nyamongo Esman); Schoeman, N.J. (Nicolaas Johannes)

dc.contributor.author	Nyamongo, M.E. (Nyamongo Esman)
dc.contributor.author	Schoeman, N.J. (Nicolaas Johannes)
dc.date.accessioned	2010-09-30T06:12:59Z
dc.date.available	2010-09-30T06:12:59Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description.abstract	This study investigates the effects of the quality of governance, namely corruption, political instability and democracy, on the public budget allocation to education by using data for a panel of 28 African countries over the period 1995–2004. The estimation results show that education expenditure is affected by the level of corruption, with highly corrupt countries devoting a smaller share of their budgets to this vote. Political instability impacts negatively on education, but the level of democracy does not seem to have a prominent effect in this regard. However, International Monetary Fund programmes favour expenditure on education as part of its intended capacity-building effort.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Nyamongo, ME & Schoeman, NJ 2010, 'The quality of governance and education spending in Africa', Southern African Business Review, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 1-23. [www.unisa.ac.za/sabusinessreview]	en
dc.identifier.issn	1561-896X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/14945
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa	en_US
dc.rights	College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa	en_US
dc.subject	Quality of governance	en
dc.subject	Education spending	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Expenditures, Public -- Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Education -- Africa -- Finance	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Government aid to education -- Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Local budgets -- Africa	en
dc.title	The quality of governance and education spending in Africa	en
dc.type	Article	en