An Investigation into the Poverty and Education Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

Most of the African nations have been handicapped when it comes to educational attainment, simply because of the level of poverty in these countries. This study therefore investigated the relationship between poverty and educational attainment in 31 Sub-Saharan African counties between 2008 and 2021. The Pooled Mean Group estimation technique was employed. The findings revealed that all the dependent variables have a positive long-run relationship with primary school completion in all the counties.  The short-run relationship was found to be negative but not significant. The work therefore recommended that policies that will ensure an adequate supply of electricity be designed and implemented and that the government should subsidize the consumption of clean energy to enable poor households to access them

Key Words: Poverty, Primary School, Access to Electricity, Access to clean fuels

JEL Classification: I121, I132, K32

DOI: 10.7176/JESD/15-8-08

Publication date: October 30th 2024