Christopher P.P. Shafuda|Un De
Government expenditure on human capital and growth in Namibia: a time series analysis
University of Namibia|North Eastern Hill University
abstract attempt made paper examine impacts government spending human capital human development indicators like healthcare outcomes education achievements increase national income namibia using time series data 1980 2015 analysis reveals significant longrun inverse relationship government spending healthcare fertility rate infant mortality rate under5 mortality rate however cointegration observed government spending healthcare lifeexpectancy adult mortality rate also findings reveal significant longrun positive relationship government spending education literacy rate net primary gross tertiary enrolment rate whereas cointegration government spending education gross enrolment rate primary secondary level observed vector autoregression analysis revealed significant impacts expenditure healthcare education gdp growth long run improved human resources results thus favour continuation expansionary government expenditure policy achieve faster economic growth namibia however drastic changes adopted improve basic education primary healthcare country