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Title:	Economic Growth And Human Development In Sudan 1960-2010
Authors:	Atif Awad Abdallah Mohee Eldein (P53241)
Supervisor:	IshakYussof, Prof. Dr.
Keywords:	Economic Growth And Human Development In Sudan Economic Growth In Sudan Human Development In Sudan Sudan's Economy Economic development-Sudan
Issue Date:	7-Nov-2013
Description:	Since 1996, UNDP has proposed the possibility of a two-way relationship between economic growth (EG) and human development (HD), particularly in the developing economies. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether such relationship exists in the case of Sudan��s economy for the period between 1960 and 2010. The investigation involves determining the long-run relationships, the direction of the relationships and factors affecting both EG and HD. The study also gives special emphasis on gender issue, i.e. whether the two way relationship differs between the male and female population. In this study, we use the real per capita GDP growth rate to measure EG, whilst gross enrolment ratio, average years of schooling in primary education, life expectancy at birth and under-5 mortality rate as HD variables.. Data for this study is collected from several databases, which include the World Bank database (WB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Barro & Lee (2010) and Sudan��s Central Bureau of Statistics. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) technique is employed to examine the existence of the relationships, whilst the direction of causality between variables is determined by the Wald F-test. The study shows few interesting results. First, there is a significant relationship between EG and HD in Sudan irrespective of gender. Second, there is a unidirectional causality relationship from EG to HD in the short run, while in the long run the causality relationship between EG and HD is bidirectional in nature. Third, on factors affecting both EG and HD, the finding shows that capital stocks, employment and all HD variables have significant effects in the short- as well as the long-run. Fourth, in the gender analysis, female education and life expectancy have a significant positive impact on EG in the long-run but not for male. Fifth, interestingly, the positive impact of EG on HD is consistent for both sexes in the long run. Sixth, over time there are bidirectional relationships between EG and HD for both sexes. Last, in terms of factors affecting EG and HD across gender, capital stocks, gross enrolment and life expectancy (male and female) are statistically significant factors affecting both EG and HD in the shortrun as well as long run. The overall findings of this study indicate that for the case of Sudan��s economy, over time, there is strong a bidirectional relationship between EG and HD variables. This implies that any effort by the government to improve the level of human development amongst the population will help to enhance economic growth. Whist, on the other hand, economic growth achieved by the country will help to finance the nation��s human development programmes. However, the results should be interpreted with caution since human development indicators under this study are constrained to several selected variables due to limited availability of reliable data sources. Future researches should focus on a wider definition of human development indicators, which include socio-political and environmental factors.,PhD
Pages:	286
Call Number:	HD82 .E454 2013
Publisher:	UKM, Bangi
Appears in Collections:	Faculty of Economy and Management / Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan

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