Aspects of Poverty and Inequality in Cameroon
Kumase, Wokia-azi Ndangle
Aspects of Poverty and Inequality in Cameroon - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2018 - 1 electronic resource (171 p.)
Open Access
Poverty and inequality remain extremely high for Cameroon despite improvements in poverty figures between 1996 and 2001. To understand the dynamics of poverty and inequality between 1996 and 2001, this book develops a poverty and inequality profile, investigates the sources of inequality along spatial lines and simulates some policies which could be used in the reduction of poverty and inequality. The book also addresses two major sectors of the Cameroonian economy with a special focus on gender bias in agriculture and linkages between the formal and informal sector. The empirical analyses show that there are large spatial differences in poverty in Cameroon and that sources of inequality vary by location. Regardless of the definition used, the informal sector in Cameroon is extremely large but closely linked to the formal sector. The gender bias experienced by women in access to productive assets in agriculture reduces the efficiency of agricultural production.
Creative Commons
English
b13873
10.3726/b13873 doi
Literary studies: general
Political science & theory
Political structure & processes
Development economics & emerging economies
Economic systems & structures
Aspects Cameroon inequality Inequality Informal and formal sector linkages Kumase Linear expenditure systems Poverty Poverty
Aspects of Poverty and Inequality in Cameroon - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2018 - 1 electronic resource (171 p.)
Open Access
Poverty and inequality remain extremely high for Cameroon despite improvements in poverty figures between 1996 and 2001. To understand the dynamics of poverty and inequality between 1996 and 2001, this book develops a poverty and inequality profile, investigates the sources of inequality along spatial lines and simulates some policies which could be used in the reduction of poverty and inequality. The book also addresses two major sectors of the Cameroonian economy with a special focus on gender bias in agriculture and linkages between the formal and informal sector. The empirical analyses show that there are large spatial differences in poverty in Cameroon and that sources of inequality vary by location. Regardless of the definition used, the informal sector in Cameroon is extremely large but closely linked to the formal sector. The gender bias experienced by women in access to productive assets in agriculture reduces the efficiency of agricultural production.
Creative Commons
English
b13873
10.3726/b13873 doi
Literary studies: general
Political science & theory
Political structure & processes
Development economics & emerging economies
Economic systems & structures
Aspects Cameroon inequality Inequality Informal and formal sector linkages Kumase Linear expenditure systems Poverty Poverty