Developing a Sustainable Economy in Cameroon

Notes of Contributors

Notes on Contributors Dorothy Nkogko AGBOR is an economist and currently Chief of Statistics Service , Taxation Department Ministry of Economy and Finance, Yaoundé, Cameroon. She is a member of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Her area of interest is taxation and fiscal policy. Her research work include: An Empirical Investigation of the Level of Taxation in Cameroon; and An empirical investigation of the determinants of the level of taxation in Cameroon. Aloysius Ajab AMIN is Professor of Economics .on leave of absence from University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon. Currently, he is the Deputy Director and Head of Training at the United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) Dakar, Senegal. He has published in the areas of human development , poverty and development. His recent works include University for Sustainable Development; The Economic Cost of Non-Regional Integration in Africa; Modelling Total Factor Productivity in African Economics; Economic Growth and Human Development with Capability Expansion; and Capability and Human Development in Poverty Reduction. His is presently working on a book entitled Long Term Growth in CFA franc Zone African Economies. Rebecca Marfawtem Ntongho AMIN is a Rural Sociologist and an Agro-economist currently with the RDG. She has written many articles on microfinance and women. Her published works include “Financial Sector Reforms and Women’s Survival Strategies in Cameroon” in Demanding Dignity: Women Confronting Economic Reforms in Africa, published by The North-South Institute; and, Etude des trois systèmes financiers décentralisés: Cameroun Coopérative de crédit mutuel. Microprojet productif en faveur des femmes au Cameroun, et Société de développement de coton published by the World Bank. Wilfred J. AWUNG teaches microeconomics and monetary economics at the Department of Economics and Management Economics, University of Buea, Cameroon. He is a member of AERC network based in Nairobi Kenya. His published works include Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Cameroon; and An Economic Analysis of Capital Flight in Cameroon. Ernest BAMOU is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Management (FSEG), University of Yaoundé II and a Principal Economist, Economic Department, Ministry of Economic and Finance of Cameroon. Recently he has been appointed as the Senior International Trade Expert for the Department of Trade, Industry and Tourism of the Commission of the Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) in Bangui, Central Africa Republic. He has xviii Developing a Sustainable Economy in Cameroon published research work on applied general equilibrium, modelling, trade and development . Lydie Tankoua BAMOU is a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Management , University of Yaoundé II, and also a researcher at Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches en Economie et Gestion, University of Yaoundé II. Her areas of research include agriculture trade and trade negotiations. She belongs to the AERC network and has published extensively on agricultural trade and investment policies. Francis M. BAYE is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon. He was a principal economist at the Department of Economics, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, Cameroon. Currently he is chargé de mission at the Prime Minister’s office , Cameroon. He has published various articles on poverty, growth and income distribution. Emmanuel DOUYA is Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, (FSEG), University of Yaoundé II. He has written and published articles on agricultural trade and development issues. He has also done consultancies for FAO, UNDP and European Union. His publications include. The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Domestic Policy Reforms on the Agricultural Sector in Cameroon; and An African Perspective on Aid for Trade. Vinatius Bweh EWANE is an Ingénieur Financier and Agro-Economist. He has a D.E.S.S in Banking and Finance from Cameroon’s Institute of International Relations (IRIC) and a D.E.S.S in Economic Policy and Management from EPM, University of Yaoundé II. He is currently working as ‘Chargé d’Etudes Assistant’ in the Medium and Large Scale Farms Investment Promotion Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Cameroon. His main interest is in rural development . Samuel FAMBON is Assistant Professor of economics at the Faculty of Economics and Management (FSEG), University of Yaoundé II. He is a member of the AERC network. He has carried out consultancies for the African Development Bank, World Bank and WIDER. His areas of study include economic growth, poverty and income distribution. One of his recent publications is Lessons from Experience with Ex-ante Poverty...