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Edited by Aloysius Ajab Amin

ISBN: 2-86978-209-8 (ISBN 13: 9782869782099), 440 pages, February 2008

Price: Elsewhere: 40.00 USD; Africa: non-CFA 30.00USD, CFA 15000

This book contains a well thought out and meticulous work that engenders a plan for pushing Cameroon towards a sustainable economy.…This work will be of interest to those interested in better understanding development process in Cameroon characterized by a paradox that the authors formulated as 'with so much to be done needing many resources, yet much resources remain idle, unemployed and underemployed'. I congratulate the team and heartedly recommend this book to decision makers, policy analysts, students interested in Africa's development process and that of Cameroon in particular.

Dr Abdoulaye Niang, author of Towards a Viable and Credible Development in Africa and Team Leader, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 The book is written to enhance and direct policy formulation and implementation; the chapters are properly rooted in theoretical/conceptual foundation and empirical analysis. They cut across the real, financial and social sectors of the Cameroon economy. …The chapters not only analyze policies but also proffer solutions to the various economic and social problems of the economy. The book will serve as a research reference for both academics and students in various disciplines of the social sciences.

Professor Sheriffdeen Tella
Dean Faculty of Social Science and Management,
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria 

Within a solid theoretical framework, the authors critically analyze the different challenges that a country like Cameroon faces in its development effort. They bring out the crucially important role of the government in contributing to create a broad-based development pattern particularly in creating the necessary infrastructure, raising the productivity level of the economy, providing and delivering the appropriate social services. Underscoring the role of institutions in production, distribution and consumption of goods and services in Cameroon's economy, the book offers concrete solutions in terms of infrastructure, human and institutional development.…Such treatment of development issues is exceptional given the scientific and intellectual rigor that had gone into it. Indeed, this is an excellent book for students, academics, policy makers, development practitioners, private sector operators, representatives of civil society organizations, and even the general reader…

Professor John C. Anyanwu, Chief Research Economist,
African Development Bank (ADB), Tunisia

Developing a Sustainable Economy in Cameroon is a major analytical undertaking in the neoclassical tradition. Using rigorous analytical tools and assuming good management and optimal use of the country's abundant natural and human resources, Professor Amin and his colleagues set out to show the optimal path which Cameroon ought to have followed to attain sustainable development. I highly recommend the book for all interested in economic development.

Dr Joseph Ntangsi, Representative,
KFW German Development Bank, Cameroon

Contents

I: Introduction

Introduction: Conceptual Issues and Overview
Aloysius Ajab Amin

II: Production Issues

Agricultural Export Supply Determinants in Cameroon’s
Economy
Sunday Khan and Daniel Gbetnkom

Analysis of Cameroon’s Non-traditional Exports Market
Access Potential
Lydie Tankoua Bamou and Ernest Bamou

Cotton Supply Response in Cameroon
Emmanuel Douya

Cameroon’s Economy and Reforms
Aloysius Ajab Amin

Sources of Economic Growth in Cameroon’s Economy
Aloysius Ajab Amin

The Effects of Trade Reform on Cameroon’s
Manufacturing Industries
Ousmanou Njikam

III: Social Issues

Cameroon’s Poverty Profile in 1996
Aloysius Ajab Amin, Francis Menjo Baye, Samuel Fambon, Isidor Noumba, Isaac Tamba and Regina Tawah

The Determinants of Poverty in Cameroon
Bernadette Dia Kamgnia and Joseph-Pierre Timnou

An Analysis of Household Attitudes toward the Purchase
of Livestock Products and Fish in Cameroon
Emmanuel N. Tambi

Economic Analysis of Private Returns to Investment
in Education in Cameroon
Aloysius Ajab Amin and Wilfred J. Awung

Internal Efficiency of Secondary School in Cameroon:
Institutional Concern
Isidor Noumba

Public Provision of Health Care in Cameroon:
Policy Choices and Options
Ntembe Augustine Ntembe

IV: Financial and Fiscal Issues

Financial Sector Reforms in Cameroon
Regina Tawah, Rebecca Ntongho M. Amin and Vinatius Bweh Ewane

Determinants of the Level of Taxation in Cameroon
Dorothy Nkogko Agbor

Real Exchange Rate Misalignment in Cameroon, 1970–1996
Francis Menjo Baye and Sunday A. Khan

Public Debt and Public Investment in Cameroon
George N. Mbanga and Fondo Sikod

Fiscal Policy Coordination and Economic Performance:
Cameroon Case Analysis with a CGE Model
Ernest Bamou

The Informal Economy and Tax Revenue of
Cameroon’s Economy
Aloysius Ajab Amin and Alexander Mbeaoh

V: Conclusion

Conclusion: Implication for Economic Development
Aloysius Ajab Amin

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