Thomas Poirier
The effects of armed conflict on schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa
University of Burgundy|French National Centre for Scientific Research
past decades countries subsaharan africa affected armed conflicts means timeseries crosssectional tscs database attempt measure impact war sample 43 countries africa 1950 2010 conflicts especially civil wars shown strong negative effect educational performances countries studied rate children attending school well secondary school enrollment rates seems particularly sensitive periods conflict also appears government expenditures social sectors including education positive factor increasing school enrollment contrast military expenditure significantly inversely related schooling opportunities thus extra 1 gdp allocated education expenditure rate children attending school would decrease 17 primary secondary completion rates would increase respectively 44 26 gender analysis shows education expenditures provide better retention girls school system