Missing the target? Government commitment to education sector funding in Sub-Saharan Africa 2000–2023

Paul Bennell

International Journal of Educational Development, 2024, vol. 108, issue C

Abstract: It is assumed (at least implicitly) that the SDG4 Education for All targets are unlikely to be achieved unless governments commit at least 20% of total government expenditure to the education sector. This article focuses, therefore, on analysing medium-long term trends in the education funding share (EFS) for 40 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2000. The two main conclusions are that the EFS is currently above 20% in less than 10% of these countries and that the EFS has been steadily declining in around half of all countries in SSA.

Keywords: Education funding share; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sustainable Development Goals; Government commitment; Under-funding; Medium-long term trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103057

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