Trends and Patterns of Human Capital Development and Economic Growth in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries

Abstract

The study analyses the trends and patterns of human capital development in the selected Sub- Saharan African countries during the period 1981-2020. The study variables were economic growth rate; human capital development - proxied by Human Development Index (HDI), physical infrastructure – proxied by Physical Infrastructure Index (PII), technology – proxied by Research and Development (R&D), growth of labour force, share of private investment in GDP, trade openness, financial openness and share of total government expenditure. The result indicates that the trends and patterns over the year for human capital development in SSA countries proxied