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Natural Resource Endowment and the Fallacy of Development in Cameroon

Cameroon is rich in petroleum, minerals, tropical forests, wildlife, water systems, fertile lands, and much more. Paradoxically however, most citizens live in abject poverty and without jobs, potable water, electricity, good healthcare and roads. This book is a thoughtful interrogation of some of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Otros Autores: Fonjong, Lotsmart N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : natural resources and underdevelopment in Cameroon : untangling a puzzle / Lotsmart Fonjong & James Emmanuel Wanki
  • Theoretical and methodological framing. Natural resource endowment, a curse or a blessing on economic growth : the Cameroon experience / Njimanted Godfrey Forgha, Forbe Hodu Ngangnchi and Mukete Emmanuel Mbella
  • Natural resources depletion and economic growth : implications and prospect for Cameroon economic emergence by 2035 / Nkwetta Ajong Aquilas, Njimanted Godfrey Forgha, Mbohjim Mobit & Mbu Sunday Agbor.
  • Application of major development theories to agricultural transformation in Cameroon : recurring crises and future prospects / Fonteh Athanasius Amungwa
  • Evaluating extractive sector corporate social investments in Cameroon : the front and backend activities methodological proposition / Yungong, Theophilus Jong
  • Land Rights and land conflicts. Land grabbing in South-western Cameroon : deconstructing the complexity of local responses / James Emmanuel Wanki & Frankline Anum Ndi
  • Understanding the nature, challenges and implications of land conflicts on local development in Ndu Sub-Division of Cameroon / Ngeh Roland Nformi, Balgah Sounders N., Lotsmart Fonjong, & Nformi Solange Chewe.
  • The gender dimension of natural resources and development. Gender and household water resource management : acquisition, and challenges in Bomaka, Buea / Ethel N. Nangia, Eyongeta N. Telma & Nkongho C. Ayuk
  • An assessment of the role of gender equality in accessing agricultural resources : a look towards Cameroon's emergence / Fabinin N. Akem & Ernest L. Molua
  • Mainstreaming gender in the process of large-scale land acquisitions for agro-investment in Cameroon / Lotstmart Fonjong
  • Natural resource, development challenges and policy options. Biodiversity conservation and the question of survival for food crop producers around the Mount Cameroon National Park / Lotsmart Fonjong &Ayemeley Betrand Ayuk
  • Old age security and Indigenous mutual support system in marginal pastoralist enclaves / Charles C. Fonchingong
  • Pollution of water resources and challenges for efficient water development in the Republic of Cameroon / Celestin Def.