Republic of Cameroon : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity

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作者：

World Bank Group

来源地址：

http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24697

关键词：

TARIFFS;  CAPITAL MARKETS;  FISH;  STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;  GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES;  ECONOMIC GROWTH;  POLICY ENVIRONMENT;  ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION;  FOREST MANAGEMENT;  DISPOSABLE INCOME;  AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;  EXPECTATIONS;  ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES;  PRODUCERS;  RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;  PROPERTY RIGHTS;  TIMBER;  RESOURCE ALLOCATION;  LABOR FORCE;  PRICE SETTING;  REVENUES;  ECONOMIC PROBLEMS;  COMPOST;  INCENTIVES;  LABOR INPUTS;  EQUILIBRIUM;  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;  AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT;  CONDITIONALITY;  AUDITS;  EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS;  ECONOMIC ACTIVITY;  CLIMATIC CONDITIONS;  EXPLOITATION;  OIL PRICES;  ARABLE LAND;  CROPPING SYSTEMS;  DRYLANDS;  LABOR COSTS;  AIR POLLUTION;  OIL;  IMPORT QUOTAS;  NATURAL CAPITAL;  UNSAFE DRINKING WATER;  POPULATION GROWTH;  LABOR PRODUCTIVITY;  OPTIONS;  QUOTAS;  LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS;  DEBT;  POLLUTION;  FORESTRY;  ECONOMIC POLICIES;  DIVIDENDS;  POLICY DECISIONS;  NATURAL RESOURCES;  METALS;  SUBSIDIES;  EFFICIENCY;  FISHING;  FOOD PRODUCTION;  TAXES;  TAX REFORMS;  ACCESS TO INFORMATION;  LAND USE;  RESOURCES;  NATURAL MONOPOLIES;  UNEMPLOYMENT;  DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION;  EQUITY;  PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH;  CONSUMPTION;  SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE;  ECONOMIC IMPACT;  RURAL COMMUNITIES;  WAGES;  CLIMATE CHANGE;  VALUES;  ELECTRICITY DEMAND;  MARKET PRICES;  POLICY MAKERS;  CREDIT;  QUALITY STANDARDS;  PURCHASING POWER;  DEFORESTATION;  DEMAND;  MINES;  NATIONAL INCOME;  AGGREGATE DEMAND;  PUBLIC EXPENDITURES;  ELECTRICITY GENERATION;  INTERMEDIATE GOODS;  ENVIRONMENTS;  EXPENDITURES;  PROPERTY;  DECISION MAKING;  OPPORTUNITY COSTS;  TRANSACTION COSTS;  ENVIRONMENT;  SOIL DEGRADATION;  CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK;  ECONOMICS;  TERMS OF TRADE;  BASIC METALS;  TAX REVENUE;  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;  CARTELS;  TRADE;  LAND;  ECONOMIES OF SCALE;  DRINKING WATER;  HEALTH PROBLEMS;  COMMERCIAL BANKS;  ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES;  COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE;  FARMS;  POPULATION PRESSURES;  OIL RESERVES;  FISHING GROUNDS;  REVENUE;  HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT;  LIVING CONDITIONS;  PROFITS;  ENVIRONMENTAL;  RAINFALL VARIABILITY;  PUBLIC GOOD;  PRICES;  OIL SECTOR;  PRODUCTION COSTS;  ECONOMIES;  PUBLIC GOODS;  COMPETITION;  Report;  Rapport;  Informe; 

年份：

2016

出版地：

Washington,USA

语种：

English

摘要：

Cameroon is a lower-middle income country with social indicators and levels of poverty which are below those for comparator countries. Large and rising inequalities between north and south, inefficiencies in public resource allocation and an adverse business environment explain this. While insecurity due to Boko Haram activities and rapidly rising public debt constrain efforts at poverty reduction, there exists a huge potential for economic growth and poverty reduction. This potential remains mostly untapped. Realizing it will require far reaching reforms, particularly with respect to the business environment and public financial management, and require politically courage to accomplish. The remainder of this document explores how to achieve the twin goals of ending poverty and improving shared prosperity by 2030 in a sustainable manner. The document identifies a limited number of binding constraints which would need to be lifted to achieve the poverty objective. The next four chapters present background material to chapter six, which presents binding constraints to poverty reduction. The micro-foundations to poverty reduction are discussed in chapters two and three. Chapter two discusses poverty, equity and vulnerability. Chapter three discusses human capital and its role in poverty reduction. Chapter four considers poverty reduction from a macro-economic perspective. It discusses opportunities for growth and economic transformation as well as the status of various cross-cutting economic services. Chapter five, considers governance, fragility and the institutional environment. Binding constraints to sustainable poverty reduction are identified in chapter six.