Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Primary education plays an important role in the development of human capital in developing countries. Consequently, Burkina Faso has taken steps to ensure both access to, and better quality of, primary education. However, comparisons between the different provinces of Burkina Faso reveal that there...

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Main Authors:	Miningou, Elise Wendlassida, Vierstraete, Valerie
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:	PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATION QUALITY EFFICIENCY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30147

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spelling	okr-10986-301472021-05-25T10:54:40Z Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis Miningou, Elise Wendlassida Vierstraete, Valerie PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATION QUALITY EFFICIENCY Primary education plays an important role in the development of human capital in developing countries. Consequently, Burkina Faso has taken steps to ensure both access to, and better quality of, primary education. However, comparisons between the different provinces of Burkina Faso reveal that there is a greater disparity between provinces in terms of access to, and the quality of, education, than there is in the provision of resources. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the efficiency of the resources used in providing primary education in Burkina Faso. We apply a stochastic frontier model in order to estimate the efficiency with which the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso provide primary education. The proposed model not only allows two outputs for primary education to be included, but also provides for an assessment of the factors that may affect inefficiency. Our results indicate that, overall, the primary education system in Burkina Faso operates at an efficiency level of approximately 63%. In addition, the living conditions of the population, as well as some factors internal to the education system, appear to have a relationship with the efficiency of primary education in the various provinces of Burkina Faso. 2018-08-06T19:06:02Z 2018-08-06T19:06:02Z 2018 Journal Article Oxford Development Studies 1360-0818 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30147 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Burkina Faso
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topic	PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATION QUALITY EFFICIENCY
spellingShingle	PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO EDUCATION EDUCATION QUALITY EFFICIENCY Miningou, Elise Wendlassida Vierstraete, Valerie Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis
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description	Primary education plays an important role in the development of human capital in developing countries. Consequently, Burkina Faso has taken steps to ensure both access to, and better quality of, primary education. However, comparisons between the different provinces of Burkina Faso reveal that there is a greater disparity between provinces in terms of access to, and the quality of, education, than there is in the provision of resources. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the efficiency of the resources used in providing primary education in Burkina Faso. We apply a stochastic frontier model in order to estimate the efficiency with which the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso provide primary education. The proposed model not only allows two outputs for primary education to be included, but also provides for an assessment of the factors that may affect inefficiency. Our results indicate that, overall, the primary education system in Burkina Faso operates at an efficiency level of approximately 63%. In addition, the living conditions of the population, as well as some factors internal to the education system, appear to have a relationship with the efficiency of primary education in the various provinces of Burkina Faso.
format	Journal Article
author	Miningou, Elise Wendlassida Vierstraete, Valerie
author_facet	Miningou, Elise Wendlassida Vierstraete, Valerie
author_sort	Miningou, Elise Wendlassida
title	Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_short	Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_full	Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_fullStr	Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis
title_sort	performance of primary education in burkina faso : a multi-output stochastic frontier analysis
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30147
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Performance of Primary Education in Burkina Faso : A Multi-Output Stochastic Frontier Analysis

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