TITLE:
Effects of State Expenditure on the Primary Completion Rate in Burkina Faso
AUTHORS:
Sayouba Ouedraogo
KEYWORDS:
Primary Completion Rate, Salary Unit Expenses, Burkina Faso
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.9 No.2,
February
13,
2018
ABSTRACT: The
purpose of the paper is to identify and analyze the effects of budget
expenditures (operation, salary, and investment) on the completion rate of
primary education. The annual education budgetary data from 1970 to 2013
collected in Burkina Faso were used to estimate a parametric education
production function. The results show a positive effect of unitary investment
expenditure and a negative effect of unit staff salaries and budgetary
instabilities. Pay mechanisms in public administration should be redesigned to
reward proven performance and skills. Moreover, the control of budget
programming would lead to better results in the education sector.