Developing a sustainable economy in Cameroon / / edited by Aloysius Ajab Amin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808288303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-90131-1; 9786612901317; 2-86978-392-2; 2-86978-348-5; 2-86978-271-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (439 p.)
• Collana: Codesria book series
• Altri autori (Persone): AminAloysius Ajab <1947->
• Disciplina: 338.96711
• Soggetti: Sustainable development - Cameroon; Poverty - Cameroon; Cameroon Economic policy; Cameroon Economic conditions 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations / figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes of Contributors; I - Introduction; 1 - Introduction: Conceptual Issues and Overview; II - Production Issues; 2 - Agricultural Export Supply Determinants in Cameroon's Economy; 3 - Analysis of Cameroon's Non-traditional Exports Market Access Potential; 4 - Cotton Supply Response in Cameroon; 5 - Cameroon's Economy and Reforms; 6 - Sources of Economic Growth in Cameroon's Economy; 7 - The Effects of Trade Reform on Cameroon's Manufacturing Industries III - Social Issues; 8 - Cameroon's Poverty Profile in 1996; 9 - The Determinants of Poverty in Cameroon; 10 - An Analysis of Household Attitudes toward the Purchase of Livestock Products and Fish in Cameroon; 11 - Economic Analysis of Private Returns to Investment in Education in Cameroon; 12 - Internal Efficiency of ; Secondary School in Cameroon: Industrial Concerns; 13 - Public Provision of Health Care in Cameroon: Policy Choices and Options; IV - Financial and Fiscal Issues; 14 - Financial Sector Reforms in Cameroon; 15 - Determinants of the Level of Taxation in Cameroon 16 - Real Exchange rate Misalignment in Cameroon, 1970-1996; 17 - Public Debt and Public Investment in Cameroon; 18 - Fiscal Policy Coordination and Economic Performance: Cameroon Case Analysis with a CGE Model; 19 - The Informal Economy and Tax Revenue of Cameroon's Economy; V - Conclusion; 20 - Conclusion: Implications for Economic Development; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Developing a Sustainable Economy in Cameroon is an ambitious effort as the authors try to set a blue print for Cameroon's economy. In the 1980's facing economic crisis, and as dictated by the structural adjustment programme, Cameroon sharply cut public investment expenditures before later cutting government consumption which were followed by privatisation, liquidation of public companies and reduction in the size of the public sector. All these measures are believed to have had devastating effects on the economy. Given the performance of the economy so far the authors suggest that much more eff