Corruption on the rise in Cameroon - MINEPAT

The Center for analysis and research on social and economic policies (Camercap-parc) has published the 2015 edition of the dynamic analysis that evaluates policies and institutions.

The Analysis and Research on the social and economic policies (Camercap-Parc), under the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Planning (Minepat) continues to report the defects that undermine the structural policies of Cameroon.

In the 2015 edition of its traditional report produced in 2014, it studied 16 indicators (administration, respect for gender, debt, employment ...) for the period 2011-2013.

What mainly strikes the reader in this report is the section concerning corruption. The quality of public administration is the most unappreciated criteria according to Camercap. Not to the integrity of the men who run it, but the system as it operates in practice every day and not in the written principles.

"First, the inefficiency of the Cameroonian administration is mainly due to low interest for merit and ethics [...] Corruption as opposed resists and is amplified.”

It is the same with the adequacy of the remuneration and management of payroll for three main reasons: "the absence of civil servants to their jobs, some even fictional, the inconsistency of the file and the remaining staff and non-uniform compensation of public officials.” Laments Camercap.

On another site, the report of the structure, if we recognize the existence of legal provisions for accountability by the executive, the institutions responsible for the control does not reassure consumers and citizens in general.

Again, the perception of their action and the returned image does not give the impression of coherence and effective research. In short, governance and management of public sector institutions are identified as major handicaps to make more effective policies and institutions the will of Cameroon. Improvement still ...

The "fairness in the use of public resources" section for 2013 "has moderately improved through the effective implementation since January that year, the new financial scheme, which establishes the program budget.

"However, all of the criteria in relation to the quality of budgetary and financial management remained at a budgetary and financial level remained at a moderately satisfactory level.

Unlike the 2014, the Camercap report still shows that Cameroon has improved in other ways. The "debt policy" indicator, for example, "appears satisfactory over the period in terms of level," says the report of Camercap.

It concludes a debt established 2,172,100,000,000 CFA francs in 2012, "we may well find that the debt remains at sustainable levels while coordination between debt management and other macroeconomic policies has not experienced great improvement."

Regarding structural policies, they presented, according to the report, "a positive trend" and have improved over the last three years under review, gaining 0.3 percentage points each year.

This steady growth from Camercap is mainly attributable to the efforts recognized regarding the policies and institutions of economic promotion, and improvement of the financial sector performance. This impacts positively also on growth policies and the creation of decent jobs strategy paper for growth and employment (ECSD).