20.500.12556/RUP-23540 The effect of corruption on the nexus between public health expenditure and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Vpliv korupcije na povezavo med javno porabo za zdravstvo in gospodarsko rastjo v podsaharski Afriki Government expenditure on health is an essential factor for the growth of any economy. However, the health system in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has not been receiving enough attention. The direct effect of public health expenditure and corruption on economic growth, as well as the role of corruption in the relationship between public health spending and eco nomic growth in 32 sub-Saharan African countries from 2000 to 2022, is examined by this study using fixed effect and the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) as an estimation technique. The results show that both public health expenditure and corruption negatively impact economic growth, while the joint effect of public health spending and corruption enhances economic growth in SSA. Furthermore, the findings reveal that in flation hurts economic growth whereas gross capital formation and trade openness have a positive effect on economic growth. It is recommended that the government should formulate policies that will control corrup tion and raise the level of institutional quality in the SSA region. Državna poraba za zdravstvo je bistven dejavnik rasti vsakega gospodarstva. Vendar pa zdravstveni sistem v podsaharski Afriki (angl. sub-Saharan Africa – SSA) ni bil deležen zadostne pozornosti. Pričujoča razsikava preučuje neposredni vpliv javne zdravstvene porabe in ko rupcije na gospodarsko rast ter vlogo korupcije v odnosu med javno porabo za zdravstvo ter gospodarsko rastjo v 32 državah podsaharske Afrike v obdobju od leta 2000 do 2022. Analiza temelji na metodi fiksnih učinkov in generalizirani metodi momentov (angl. Generalised Method of Moments – GMM) kot ocenjevalni tehniki. Rezultati kažejo, da tako javna poraba za zdravstvo kot korupcija negativno vplivata na gospodarsko rast, medtem ko skupni učinek javne zdravstvene porabe in korupcije spodbuja gospodarsko rast v SSA. Poleg tega ugotovitve razkrivajo, da inflacija negativno vpliva na gospodarsko rast, medtem ko bruto investicije v osnovna sredstva in odprtost trgovine pozitivno vplivajo nanjo. Priporočeno je, da vlade oblikujejo politike, ki bodo omejile korupcijo ter izboljšale raven institucionalne kakovosti v regiji SSA. GMM health expenditure economic growth corruption GMM izdatki za zdravstvo gospodarska rast korupcija true false false University of Primorska Press Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-08-24 14:20:15 2026-08-24 14:20:15 2026-08-25 03:07:43 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 Koper 0 str. 227–254, 306 no. 2 Vol. 24 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 330.34 1854-6935 10.26493/1854-6935.24.227-254 288455683 ZUP_Arowolo_Omobola_H._2026.pdf ZUP_Arowolo_Omobola_H._2026.pdf 1 F581EFE909C30A53519578796DC73BC9 1954f07886953caa1058aeb8c8f991ce694c38e079c5cbe33f127bae560f10bb 31c07b69-9fb6-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34906 https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/1854-6935/24.227-254.pdf 0 38a742c9-9fb6-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34907 Založba Univerze na Primorskem 0 0 0