Government Educational Spending and Human Capital Development in ECOWAS Sub-Region: Implication For Sustainable Development

Oloke Emmanuel, Olanipekun Wahid Damilola, Mabinuori Oladotun Toriola, Ojo Lucas B. and Aderemi Timothy Ayomitunde ()
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Oloke Emmanuel: University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
Olanipekun Wahid Damilola: American International University, The Gambia
Mabinuori Oladotun Toriola: Bells University of Technology, Nigeria
Ojo Lucas B.: Yaba College of Technology, in Affiliation with University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Aderemi Timothy Ayomitunde: Bells University of Technology, Nigeria

Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Oeconomica, 2022, vol. 67, issue 3, 37-52

Abstract: The critical need to create economic prosperity and ensure inclusive and equitable education and lifelong learning for all, especially in developing countries has been the motivation behind the various advocacies by the policymakers and other stakeholders in these countries to achieve the SDGs comes 2030. Meanwhile, ECOWAS sub region is characterized with the lowest human capital development alongside the highest rates of illiteracy in the world despite the continuous rise in government educational spending over the years. Against this backdrop, the role of government educational spending on human capital development in ECOWAS sub-region has been investigated with a view to driving one of the strategic goals of Sustainable Development- inclusive and equitable education and lifelong learning for all. In order to achieve this, annual data from 1990 to 2019 was utilized using a panel ARDL as a technique of estimation. The findings that emerged in this work are summarized as follows; the relationship between government educational spending and human capital development in ECOWAS sub region is more of a long run phenomenon. Therefore, government educational spending and human capital development have a positive and significant relationship in the long run. In the light of the above findings, this study therefore makes the following recommendations for the policymakers in ECOWAS sub region and by extension developing countries, any time the goal of these policymakers is inclusive and equitable lifelong learning via human capital development, the government at levels should embark on sustainable educational spending. In the same vein, these policymakers should be committed to funding of educational sector as stipulated by both the United Nations and the Abuja declaration of 2001, advocating for 26% of annual budget for educational sector in developing countries.

Keywords: Human Capital; Development; Government Educational Spending; ECOWAS; SDGs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 F63 H51 H52 I32 J24 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/subboec-2022-0014

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