Saba, Charles Shaaba (PhD)
Charles Saba holds a BSc (Economics) from the University of Ilorin (Nigeria), a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (National Teachers’ Institute Nigeria) and a Master’s in Economics (Obafemi Awolowo University Ile -Ife Osun State, Nigeria). He has a long teaching career in Economics and Commerce and has taught development economics and analysis of economic data at the UJ College of Business and Economics, School of Economics. His thesis fills an important void in contemporary African development discourse by investigating three related thematic areas (military expenditure, industrialisation and economic growth) which have largely focussed on other regions. The study employs different econometric techniques to achieve its objectives. The findings were: industrialisation and growth cause military expenditure both in the short-run and long-run; at a continental level, military expenditure has a significant negative impact on industrialisation; the effect of military expenditure on growth is negative at the Africa level, with significant regional economic level differences, and that the effect is further influenced by the presence of state fragility; and an absence of convergence in military expenditure and growth. In conclusion, military expenditure is an important component of government expenditure that needs to be adjusted in order to promote economic growth and reduce the levels of state fragility in a context of limited economic resources and fiscal constraints for African countries.
Supervisor: Prof NN Ngepah
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