| Type de publication |
Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
| Auteur(s) |
Thomas Poirier ( )1 |
| Laboratoire |
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| Titre |
The effects of armed conflict on schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Langue |
Anglais |
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| Résumé |
In the past decades, most of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have been affected by armed conflicts. By means of a time-series cross-sectional (TSCS) database, we attempt to measure the impact of war on a sample of 43 countries in Africa from 1950 to 2010. These conflicts, and especially civil wars, are shown to have a strong negative effect on the educational performances of the countries studied. The rate of children not attending school, as well as secondary school enrollment rates, seems particularly sensitive to periods of conflict. It also appears that government expenditures in social sectors including education are a positive factor in increasing school enrollment. In contrast, military expenditure is significantly and inversely related to schooling opportunities. Thus, if an extra 1 percent only of the GDP were allocated to education expenditure, the rate of children not attending school would decrease by 1.7 percent, the primary and secondary completion rates would increase respectively by 4.4 percent and by 2.6 percent. The gender analysis shows that education expenditures provide a better retention of girls in the school system. |
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| Discipline |
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Education
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| Nom de la revue |
| International Journal of Educational Development |
| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| ISSN |
0738-0593 |
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| Audience |
internationale |
| Date de publication |
03/2012 |
| Volume |
32 |
| Numéro |
2 |
| Page |
341-351 |
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| Mots-Clés |
Armed Conflict – Education – Sexual inequality – Teaching Effectiveness – enrollment ratio – Education expenditure – Enrolment of girls – Saharan Africa – primary education – Secondary Education |
| Mots-Clés (autre langue) |
Conflit armé – Éducation – Inégalité sexuelle – Efficacité de l'enseignement – Taux de scolarisation – Dépense d'éducation – Scolarisation des filles – Afrique subsaharienne – Enseignement primaire – Enseignement secondaire |
| Référence interne |
12001 |
