Our evidence points out that educat

Our evidence points out that education and health expenditures have a negative impact on economic growth for a sample of African countries due to their inefficiency, corruption, bureaucracy and underinvestment. However, the inefficiency of public spending is higher in education than health sector and the health indicators contribute more to economic growth than the education variable. This result suggests that, governments can increase spending in the health sector and improve the efficiency in the education sector. It is worth nothing that this recommendation should not be interpreted as a reduction of investment toward the education sector.