Developing a Sustainable Economy in Cameroon

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Contents List of Tables ............................................................................................................... vii List of Illustrations/Figures....................................................................................... xii Foreword ..................................................................................................................... xiii Preface ..........................................................................................................................xiv Acknowledgements....................................................................................................xvi Contributors ...............................................................................................................xvii I: Introduction Introduction: Conceptual Issues and Overview ................................................1 Aloysius Ajab Amin II: Production Issues Agricultural Export Supply Determinants in Cameroon’s Economy ............................................................................................................... 29 Sunday Khan and Daniel Gbetnkom Analysis of Cameroon’s Non-traditional Exports Market Access Potential..................................................................................................... 49 Lydie Tankoua Bamou and Ernest Bamou Cotton Supply Response in Cameroon ........................................................... 64 Emmanuel Douya Cameroon’s Economy and Reforms ............................................................... 79 Aloysius Ajab Amin Sources of Economic Growth in Cameroon’s Economy......................... 103 Aloysius Ajab Amin The Effects of Trade Reform on Cameroon’s Manufacturing Industries .................................................................................. 125 Ousmanou Njikam III: Social Issues Cameroon’s Poverty Profile in 1996 ............................................................... 157 Aloysius Ajab Amin, Francis Menjo Baye, Samuel Fambon, Isidor Noumba, Isaac Tamba and Regina Tawah 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 vi Developing a Sustainable Economy in Cameroon The Determinants of Poverty in Cameroon .............................................. 187 Bernadette Dia Kamgnia and Joseph-Pierre Timnou An Analysis of Household Attitudes toward the Purchase of Livestock Products and Fish in Cameroon........................................... 201 Emmanuel N. Tambi Economic Analysis of Private Returns to Investment in Education in Cameroon............................................................................. 219 Aloysius Ajab Amin and Wilfred J. Awung Internal Efficiency of Secondary School in Cameroon: Institutional Concern ....................................................................................... 235 Isidor Noumba Public Provision of Health Care in Cameroon: Policy Choices and Options ........................................................................... 259 Ntembe Augustine Ntembe IV: Financial and Fiscal Issues Financial Sector Reforms in Cameroon ...................................................... 283 Regina Tawah, Rebecca Ntongho M. Amin and Vinatius Bweh Ewane Determinants of the Level of Taxation in Cameroon ............................. 306 Dorothy Nkogko Agbor Real Exchange Rate Misalignment in Cameroon, 1970–1996................. 328 Francis Menjo Baye and Sunday A. Khan Public Debt and Public Investment in Cameroon..................................... 346 George N. Mbanga and Fondo Sikod Fiscal Policy Coordination and Economic Performance: Cameroon Case Analysis with a CGE Model ........................................... 361 Ernest Bamou The Informal Economy and Tax Revenue of Cameroon’s Economy .................................................................................... 380 Aloysius Ajab Amin and Alexander Mbeaoh V: Conclusion Conclusion: Implication for Economic Development ............................. 401 Aloysius Ajab Amin 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...