Ibrahim Niankara|Rachidatou I. Traoret
Formal education and the contemporaneous dynamics of literacy, labour market participation and poverty reduction in Burkina Faso
Al Ain University of Science and Technology|Université Aube Nouvelle
research examines link education sustainable development burkina faso achieve using data 10411 households 2014 national survey household living conditions statistical methodology based fully parametric semiparametric recursive trivariate probit modelling results show embraced systemic approach economically statistically significant shown 95 confidence intervals three correlation coefficients model furthermore education found raise literacy skills factor 2233 primary 3877 secondary education however improvement literacy skills paradoxically reduces 0682 likelihood active labour market participation simultaneously however active labour market participation found reduce 1384 incidence households poverty therefore boost productivity reduce poverty achieve sustained economic growth addition new industrial policies structural transformation national economy policy makers burkina faso consider education minimum wage reforms incentivise high skilled labour force participation local labour market