Roles of age and gender in the attainment of sustainable governance in Africa

Adelowokan, A.O.; Tella, Adeyinka; Adekunle, Ibrahim Ayoade; Alabi, Oluwaseyi

doi:10.4314/afrrev.v13i2.3

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“…The governance structure of the country is another factor which policy makers and the society should be concerned about. As explained in Adelowokan et al (2019), it is beneficial to have good governance, for this act as a route to achieving a peaceful and trustworthy environment. High labour force participation, especially for women, increases educational aspirations of parents towards their children and also acts as a push factor for higher educational achievements in households (Van Doorn, 2011).…”

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A Multidimensional Perspective on Education in Developing Countries

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The aim of this thesis is to increase our knowledge on educational outcomes in low income and lower-middle-income countries by examining the intergenerational correlation of education in multiple dimensions, given the complexity inherent in the concept and the global persistence in the number of early school leavers. We posit that in order to combat the high rate of school dropout among the poor and to increase the intergenerational mobility of education, it is necessary to explore the role played by the reduction in the intergenerational mobility on inequalities that occur early in the lives of children. In other words, gaps that emerge early in life among families that need to be addressed and offset. These are gaps that exist due to inherited limited opportunities from parents and a lack of basic necessities for a comfortable standard of living.The exploration of the reduction of educational inequalities across generations is on two fronts.First, by increasing opportunities educationally, economically, and socially in society so that the independence of children's education to that of their parents will be enhanced. This may be done through public policies or actions that favour the socioeconomically disadvantaged in the society. Second, by increasing the absolute intergenerational mobility through the easing of deprivations in the households and their consequences, which make that school-aged individuals are more likely to leave school early. More knowledge and insight in these issues may contribute to achieving this goal. We therefore examine whether educational attainment vulnerability in developing countries can be explained by looking at their institutional or contextual characteristics and household deprivation status.We therefore advance the following hypothesis in Chapter 1: Hypothesis A: Push, pull, and falling out factors are prominent determinants of early schoolleaving in both Africa and Asia and context-specific Hypothesis B: Favourable institutional characteristics are able to reduce the intergenerational correlation of education Hypothesis C: Intergenerational correlation of education significantly increases with household deprivation Chapter 2 presents the evidence on early school leaving in the literature using findings from low income and lower-middle-income countries. This is done by a systematic literature review on the causes of early school leaving in Africa and Asia. It comprises of studies published from 2001 to 2018, which are either quantitative, mixed, or qualitative. We review a total of 43 vi studies. The studies included applied different analyses including logistic regression, linear regression, descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, probit regression, discrete-time logit model, Cox regression model, and narrative studies.Based on the findings, pull factors, push factors and falling out factors determine early school leaving. However, the pull factors show a very high prominence across Africa and Asia. These pull factors include gender, religion, ethnicity, house work, wag...

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A Multidimensional Perspective on Education in Developing Countries

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Roles of age and gender in the attainment of sustainable governance in Africa

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A Multidimensional Perspective on Education in Developing Countries

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