The Effect of Resource Endowment and Governance on Human Capital Development of Sub-Saharan African Countries

Abstract

: Human capital development is a process of enhancing the level of human capital capacity through attaining school and provides incentive-based training. The study helps to analyze the interaction between governance, resource and human capital in the study area. To conduct this study panel data type from 2005-2018 has been used, the data obtained from the World Bank database and the Penn world database and for analysis, both descriptive and system GMM panel data analysis have been used. The main reasons enforce to conduct this study is to checkup whether the resource endowment and governance important for human capital? Results of this study show that except for lag of human capital and voice and accountability other variables like resource endowment, labor participation rate, foreign direct investment, rule of law, and regularity quality are statistically and negatively affected human capital development. Given these results, the researcher recommended as, a responsible bodies in sub-Saharan African countries should be attained on the expansion of FDI that has to be especially concentrated on the manufacturing sector; an institution for good governance first should develop than formulate good governance principles, and finally develop resource merit institution in the favor of human capital development