The African Economic Dilemma

Ekema J. Manga is a member of the Department of Economics at the University of Cincinnati.

chapter 1 Figures chapter 2 Tables chapter 3 Acronyms chapter 4 Foreword chapter 5 Preface chapter 6 Acknowledgments chapter 7 Introduction chapter 8 Review of Literature chapter 9 Methodology chapter 10 Cameroon Economic Background chapter 11 The Problem of Inflation in Cameroon chapter 12 Costs of Inflation in Cameroon chapter 13 Costs of Output Fluctuations & Unemployment chapter 14 Optimal Policy for Dealing with Price Shocks in Cameroon chapter 15 Blue Print for Policymakers in Cameroon chapter 16 Policies to Control Inflation in Cameroon chapter 17 Insulation Against Inflation chapter 18 Governance and Economic Management chapter 19 Key Issues in Economic Management chapter 20 Problems & Prospects for Reforms chapter 21 Reform Episodes in Cameroon chapter 22 The size of the public sector in Cameroon relative to effective managerial capacity chapter 23 Decentralizing Economic Management in Cameroon chapter 24 Strengthening & Streamlining of Macroeconomic Management Capability chapter 25 Counter-Cyclical Management in Cameroon chapter 26 Support in the Build-up of Technical Capacity and Institutional Reforms chapter 27 Private Investment & Cameroon Economic Policy, Declining Foreign Investment chapter 28 Causes & Remedies External Factors chapter 29 Internal Factors chapter 30 Bank Lending chapter 31 Investment Climate chapter 32 Legal Climate in Cameroon chapter 33 The Investment Code chapter 34 Foreign Vs Domestic Investment in Cameroon chapter 35 Reinvigorating Cameroon Production chapter 36 Trade Policy & Economic Development chapter 37 Overvalued Foreign Exchange Rates chapter 38 Effects of Overvaluation chapter 39 Devaluation of the Exchange Rate chapter 40 Unfavorable Consequences of Devaluation chapter 41 Are there Alternatives to Devaluation? Export Promotion Strategy chapter 42 Advantage of a Growing Export Sector chapter 43 Dynamic Gains from Export Promotion chapter 44 Empirical Studies of Export Promotion chapter 45 Adopting an Export Promotion Policy chapter 46 Export Subsidies in Cameroon chapter 47 Disadvantages of Export Promotion chapter 48 Cameroon Economic Policy & Petroleum Revenues chapter 49 The Cameroon Economy and Policy issues chapter 50 The Multisector CGE Model chapter 51 Domestic Supply of Goods & Demand for Labor chapter 52 Simulation Results chapter 53 Strategies to Revive the Cameroon Economy chapter 54 Strategic Vs Operational - Environmental Contents chapter 55 Methods of Integrating Environmental Forecasts chapter 56 Conclusions & Recommendations chapter 57 Bibliography chapter 58 Index chapter 59 Author/Biographical Sketch