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Access to Electricity and Primary Education Nexus in Central Africa

by Arsene Mouongue Kelly a,c,* ,  Beatrice Laure Toukap Yimele b,c ,  Nidel Lolita Wassou Tchieu a,c  and  Pascal Ndyanabo Rutazihana a,c
a
Department of Economic Policy Analysis, University of Dschang,Dschang,Cameroon
b
Department of Public Economics, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
c
DschangSchool of Economics and Management, LAREFA, University of Dschang, Dschang,Cameroon
*
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JRE  2023 2(1):8; https://doi.org/10.58567/jre02010003
Received: 27 April 2023 / Accepted: 6 June 2023 / Published Online: 21 June 2023
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Access to electricity, a fundamental element of contemporary life, is essential for economic success. Its impact extends to the fundamental foundations of industrial development and has the power to improve a wide range of industries, including healthcare, transportation, utilities, and education. This article aims to analyse the effect of electricity access on primary education in Central Africa over the period 1997-2019. To this effect, we employ data mainly from the World Development indicator on 9 countries of Central Africa. Using the pooled ordinary least squares estimation technique, the results indicate that access to electricity contributes positively and significantly to primary educational attainment in Central Africa during the study period. The results are Robust to the use of alternative estimation strategy and eventual endogeneity problems in the results are account through the two stage least square estimation techniques which confirm our baseline results as well as the nature of the relationship between access to electricity and primary education in Central Africa. These results have important implications for policies in overcoming barriers to electricity access.

Keywords: Access to Electricity; Primary education; Central Africa; Educational attainment;
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Kelly, A. M.; Toukap Yimele, B. L.; Wassou Tchieu, N. L.; Rutazihana, P. N. Access to Electricity and Primary Education Nexus in Central Africa. Journal of Regional Economics, 2023, 2, 8. https://doi.org/10.58567/jre02010003
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Kelly A M, Toukap Yimele B L, Wassou Tchieu N L, Rutazihana P N. Access to Electricity and Primary Education Nexus in Central Africa. Journal of Regional Economics; 2023, 2(1):8. https://doi.org/10.58567/jre02010003
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Kelly, Arsene M.; Toukap Yimele, Beatrice L.; Wassou Tchieu, Nidel L.; Rutazihana, Pascal N. 2023. "Access to Electricity and Primary Education Nexus in Central Africa" Journal of Regional Economics 2, no.1:8. https://doi.org/10.58567/jre02010003
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Kelly, A. M., Toukap Yimele, B. L., Wassou Tchieu, N. L., & Rutazihana, P. N. (2023). Access to Electricity and Primary Education Nexus in Central Africa. Journal of Regional Economics, 2(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.58567/jre02010003

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