Social protection and economic growth in the Sudan: Trends, perspectives, cointegration and causality

Mohamed Hassan, Hisham (2010): Social protection and economic growth in the Sudan: Trends, perspectives, cointegration and causality. Published in: SSRN

Abstract

This paper takes into account the recent role of social protection on economic growth as a socio-economic-political stabilizer. Social protection outcome in Sudan is influenced by limited targeting actions with very low interventions between results in economic growth and accesses to basic social services. These may affects the social protection contributes to the process of development in the Sudan during the period under consideration.

The results show that more social spending increase output which enhances GDP per capita growth by 0.5% with 3.1% towards convergence equilibrium in the long run. Moreover, universal approach and expanded cover to social protection services which aim at building a social protection as a productive factor may have contributed to enhancing income security, education and health outcomes, reducing the poverty, income inequality, socio-political stability, encouraged poor productive activities and enhancing economic growth lead to sustainable development.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Social Protection, Growth, Cointegration, causality, Sudan
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C51 - Model Construction and Estimation; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925 > B22 - Macroeconomics; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G28 - Government Policy and Regulation; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General > C01 - Econometrics

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