16 research outputs found
The Disposition of Water Supply and Demand in Cameroon: What Potential for what Standard of Living Conditions?
No full textAim/purpose - This paper attempts to appraise the potential of water resources for Cameroon and the standard of living conditions confronting people in the country. Design/methodology/approach - A simple descriptive method of data analysis is adopted using analytical tools such as percentages, tables, and means to achieve the objectives of the inquiry. Data for the study were generated from personal observations in one hand and collected from water resources literature, on the other hand. Findings - With the help of the data gathered, the paper establishes that despite the existence of abundant water resources in Cameroon the standard of living conditions of people with respect to basic needs of survival such as drinking water, improved sanitation services, and electricity supply is far below expectation. Research implications/limitations - The main implication of the study is that in spite of the surplus volume of water resources (325.96 km3 or 95.12% of annual total water resources) endowment in Cameroon, the population benefits marginally from it due to the mismanagement of resources and misplacement of priorities as obtained in most sub-Saharan African countries. One limitation of this study is that the use of limited primary data in the investigation offers no room toward establishing the extent of water resources allocation to the various users of water in the country. Originality/value/contribution - The paper suggests that the government of Cameroon should encourage the population to run community basic social services projects and subsidize the activities of such ventures in kind through technical assistance or in cash
The Economics of Non-Timber Forest Products in Cameroon: The Case of ERU (Gnetum)
No full textThis paper seeks to understand the economics of non-timber forest products, especially Eru (Gnetum) in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. It uses descriptive and econometric approaches on a stratified random sample of 400 participants, complemented with information from literature to capture the objectives of investigation. Results of the study indicate that the demand for Eru is own-price, cross-price inelastic, income elastic; positively related to quality and highly consumed by male than female breadwinner of households in the study area. The study further recognizes the impediments such as shortage of infrastructures, lack of proper sanitation, frequent coercion on participants while conveying the product to the market, absence of government support to participants; and potentials for international trade gains for Cameroon. Thus, it is recommended that Cameroon formalize the Eru-trade with importing countries that export other goods whose demand in Cameroon is elastic to improve its balance of payments position and increase its volume of exports and imports
The cost-effectiveness of major HIV/AIDS interventions in rural and urban areas in South Africa
No full textThe cost-effectiveness of major HIV/AIDS interventions in rural and urban areas in South Africa
No full textAn Assessment Of The Performance Of The Cameroon Water Corporation For The Period 1967 To 2013
No full textThis paper assesses the performance of the Cameroon Water Corporation (CWC) in delivering services after four decades of existence (1967-2013) and relates that performance to organization theories. It uses secondary data on services provision and primary data on users’ perceptions of the CWC’s performance. The assessment is conducted using descriptive as well as inferential methods of data analysis. The paper observes that despite political, technical, managerial, and financial constraints that impaired the efficient delivery of drinking water and sanitation services in the country over the years, the company registered modest successes that attracted the financial support of domestic and worldwide development partners. However, more than half of the population is sceptical about better future services delivery by the CWC. Classical organization theory (COT) explains most of the failure in the operating environment of the CWC, while the formulations in modern organization theory (MOT) are found to be relevant to the improvement of water services. As a policy recommendation, the CWC should focus on MOT, while maintaining some aspects of COT to improve performance
Exploring the Reliability of Self-Assessment and Peer-Assessment in Oral Presentations in Economics: A Sample of Postgraduate Students at a South African University
No full textThe Implications of Poverty on the Cameroon Economic Emergence Vision 2035
No full textThis paper examines the implications of poverty on the Cameroon economic emergence vision 2035. Both primary and secondary data were collected on selected indicators of economic emergence for the period 1990-2035 and analyzed with descriptive and inferential tools of data analysis. The results reveal that the performance of major socio-economic indicators of well-being is poor in Cameroon. In consonance with the situation, a global assessment of the economic performance of Cameroon shows little hope for the economic emergence of the country by the target date of 2035. In order for the goal of economic emergence of Cameroon to come true as planned, it is suggested that the problem of poverty should be solved first by appropriately targeting macro-economic variables through policies that focus on job creation, provision of basic needs and services of life to people
The disposition of water supply and demand in Cameroon:What potential for what standard of living conditions?
No full textThe contribution of human capital to the economic development of Cameroon, 1980-2018
No full textAbstract. The paper examines the contribution of human capital to the economic development of Cameroon from 1980¬-2018. To achieve this objective, data were collected from World Bank Development Indicators, for Cameroon, covering the period of 1980-2018. The error correction mechanism model was used to analyse the data using STATA 14 econometric software package. The results show that human capital has a positive and significant relationship with economic development in Cameroon. The findings suggest that gross school enrolment and labour force participation had slowed down economic development in Cameroon. The study recommends that given a significant coefficient of human capital on economic development in Cameroon, the government should create an enabling environment to reinforce the implementation of gross school enrolment, health expenditure and labour force participation policies to accelerate the process of economic development in the country.Keywords. Asset, Education, Employment, Expenditure, Health.JEL. D39, H52, I15, I25, J21
The Impact of the Privatisation of Water Supply on Households in the City of Douala in Cameroon
No full text Many Cameroonian households are confronted with short supply of drinking water as the state-owned water corporation failed to meet the efficient water delivery objectives. As a result, the privatisation drive took place with of course some consequent impacts. The current study is an attempt to quantify these impacts. The major impacts are in terms of decreased access to water to households by 8 percent and exposure of more than 70 percent of households to irregular water supply for more than half a month. However, some 92 percent of the households rate the quality of water obtained from the private water company good. Also, 56 percent of the households prefer the service delivery by the private company over that of the state-operated water supply. Besides, both the minimum and maximum amount households wish to pay per cubic meter of water for continued private water provision exceeds the current rate by 5.59 and 225.99 percent, respectively. JEL Codes: Q25, L33 </jats:p
