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  Cameroon Flag,Cameroon Map, Cameroon Culture : SphereInfo.com
Cameroon is one of the most diverse countries in Africa and oft referred to as "Africa in miniature".
Cameroon is a Central African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Cameroon is mainly comprised of three different groups: the Sudanese who settled in the extreme north, who are mainly animists; the Arabs around Lake Chad, who are predominately Muslim; and the Foulbe who are mainly Christian.
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  Cameroon - Economy
Cameroon was previously the largest producer of logs in Africa, almost 60 per cent of which were exported.
Cameroon is still beset with an unsustainably high level of foreign debt– an estimated US$10.9bn in 2000.
Cameroon has become the leading beneficiary of project aid from the Agence française de dévelopment (AFD), reflecting the country's improvement in relations with the international donor community and relatively good economic performance.
www.iss.co.za /AF/profiles/Cameroon/Econ.html   (1093 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Cameroon : Economy (Cameroon Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The north, where cattle raising is the chief occupation, is the least economically developed part of Cameroon, whose regional disparities pose a major problem for the government.
Cameroon remains one of the world's leading cocoa producers; coffee, bananas, palm products, tobacco, peanuts, and rubber, all grown mainly on plantations, are also commercially important.
Cameroon's mineral resources include bauxite and iron ore. The EdEa Dam on the Sanaga River provides the bulk of the country's electricity and powers a large aluminum smelter; all the finished aluminum is exported.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/CameroonRe-economy.html   (381 words)

  
 Cameroon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central Africa.
Originally a German colony, the former French Cameroon and part of British Cameroons merged in 1961 to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon which in 1972 was renamed the United Republic of Cameroon; since 1984 the country is known as the Republic of Cameroon or République du Cameroun (its official languages are English and French).
Cameroon has generally enjoyed stability, which has permitted the development of agriculture, roads, and railways, as well as a petroleum industry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cameroon   (882 words)

  
 Habitat For Humanity Expands House-Building To Cameroon -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l
The majority of the people of Cameroon are farmers who live in the small towns or villages in southern and central regions of the country.
The economy of Cameroon is dependent primarily on its agricultural and timber resources, with income from the sale of petroleum reserves constituting an important source of government revenue.
Cameroon is bounded on the north by Lake Chad, on the east by Chad and the Central African Republic, on the south by the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, and on the west by the Bight of Biafra and Nigeria.
www.habitat.org /newsroom/2001archive/insitedoc004216.aspx   (331 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Cameroon - Overview
The Cameroonian economy is primarily agricultural, with principal commercial crops being cocoa, coffee, tobacco, cotton and bananas.
Cameroon is not always able to produce enough food to feed the population, imports include fuel, food, machines, electrical equipment and transport equipment.
Cameroon has a number of chambers of commerce and industry and details of these can be found via our Organisation Search, as can details of relevant government departments.
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 Chad and Cameroon Country Analysis Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cameroon is located on the coast of West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, with landlocked Chad bordering it to the northeast.
Cameroon ’s growing industrial sector and reoccurring energy shortages have encouraged the government to increase the use of gas for power generation in the future.
Cameroon is a member of the Energy Pool of Africa, which aspires to eventually connect the electricity grids of all members of the Central Africa Economic Community (CEEAC).
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/chad_cameroon.html   (3393 words)

  
 Cameroon Economy
Pursuant to the initiative, the IMF is requiring the Cameroonian Government to enhance its macroeconomic planning and financial accountability; continue efforts to privatize the remaining non-financial parastatal enterprises; increase price competition in the banking sector; improve the judicial system; and implement good governance practices.
The paper integrated the main points of the Millennium Development Goal, which outlined Cameroon's priorities in alleviating poverty and undertaking strong macroeconomic commitments in the short and long term.
In addition to existing investment in the oil sector, U.S. investment in Cameroon, estimated at over $1 million, is progressively growing due primarily to both construction of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline and cobalt and nickel mining.
www.traveldocs.com /cm/economy.htm   (556 words)

  
 MapZones.com : Cameroon Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Agricultural activities are the main occupation of 70 % of Cameroon’s population.
Cameroon's main problem, in common with the other developing countries of Africa, is the accomplishment of capital to finance resource development.
Cameroon has one of the best-endowed primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa because of its oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions.
www.mapzones.com /world/africa/cameroon/economyindex.php   (337 words)

  
 Welcome to VKII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The principal commercial crops in Cameroon are cacao, coffee, tobacco, cotton, and bananas.
Cameroon's output of crude petroleum, mostly for export, was 44 million barrels in 1998.
The unit of currency of Cameroon is the CFA franc, consisting of 100 centimes (590 CFA francs equal U.S.$1; 1998 average).
www.vkii.org /cameroon/economy.php4   (588 words)

  
 Cameroon
Cameroon is perhaps in the unique position of being at the interface between Francophone and Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa, and at the crossroads between central and western Africa.
Cameroon was the last of the sub-Saharan countries to be hit by the economic crisis of the early 1980’s.
The Cameroon Development Corporation for example, which is the largest single employer after the state administration with 25,000 employees, and producing palm oil, tea, rubber and bananas, is due for privization.
www.africamanagement.org /Resources/Countries/cameroon.htm   (1859 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Economy of Cameroon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This article describes the Economy of Côte dIvoire The Ivorian economy is largely market based and depends heavily on the agricultural sector.
The economy of Hong Kong has often been cited by people such as Milton Friedman and the Cato Institute as an example of the benefits of laissez-faire capitalism.
The economy of Macau is based largely on tourism (including gambling) and textile and fireworks manufacturing.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Economy-of-Cameroon   (1385 words)

  
 Economy of Cameroon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The CFA franc -- the common currencyof Cameroon and 13 other African states -- was devalued by 50% in January 1994.
As of March 1998, Cameroon's fifth IMF program-- a 3-year enhanced structural adjustment program approved in August 1997 -- is on track.Cameroon has rescheduled its ParisClub debt at favorable terms.
Cameroon has an investment guaranty agreement and a bilateralaccord with the United States.
www.therfcc.org /economy-of-cameroon-53854.html   (496 words)

  
 The economy (from Cameroon) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Until the late 20th century the economy of Cameroon was basically agricultural; it has since experienced a shift toward a mining economy.
Cameroon's main problem, in common with the other developing countries of Africa, is the acquisition of capital to finance resource development.
Triangular in shape, it covers an area of 179,714 square miles (465,458 square kilometres) and is bordered by Nigeria to the northwest, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, Congo (Brazzaville) to the southeast, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the...
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 French Colonies - Cameroon
The jungles of the south and the savannas of the north are suggested by the green and yellow stripes.
The Republic of Cameroon is an independent state in western Africa bordered by Nigeria to the northwest; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon to the south; and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest (see map).
Cameroon is mainly rural, and the central and southeastern parts of the country are sparsely populated.
www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Cameroon.shtml   (1371 words)

  
 Economy of Cameroon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Real per capita (Measure of the United States economy adopted in 1991; the total market values of goods and services by produced by workers and capital within the United States borders during a given period (usually 1 year)) GDP fell by more than 60% from 1986 to 1994.
The government embarked upon a series of economic reform programs supported by the (A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments) World Bank and (A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies) IMF beginning in the late 1980s.
Cameroon has an investment guaranty agreement and a bilateral accord with the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/E/Ec/Economy_of_Cameroon.htm   (723 words)

  
 Cameroon Flag, Cameroon History, Culture of Cameroon, Economy of Cameroon, Flag of Cameroon
Cameroon is made up of about 200 ethnic groups who speak as many different languages.
The flag of Cameroon is made up of three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow.
The economy of Cameroon is to a certain extent dependent on agriculture, which is the main occupation of about 70 percent of Cameroon's population.
www.mapsofworld.com /country-profile/cameroon1.html   (431 words)

  
 Cameroon -> Economy on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cameroon's Minister of Women'A affairs responds to experts' questions in Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee.
CAMEROON: Project feasibility study for proposed $68,000,000 nickel/cobalt mining project is tentatively scheduled for completion by early June 2003, US TRADE and DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (TDA) and GEOVIC LTD. [USA] -...
State wheels just a little wobbly: while on the surface little seems to be changing in Cameroon, this year's presidential elections could be the beginning of something radically new.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/cameroonre_economy.asp   (721 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Cameroon: Rendering the Economy More Competitive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is certainly one of the irking issues that have pushed the Competitiveness Committee to think out possibilities of raising the capacities of companies as required by the State and the private sector, a move to be financed with the national resources and supported by donor organizations.
The six-point action plan will not only make the committee a veritable secular instrument for steering the economy into the new world economic dispensation, but will facilitate relations between the State and the private sector, considered to be the bed rock of Cameroon's economy today.
Cameroon, in effect, presents important potentials in developing the private sector considered to be contributing more than 65 per cent to the GDP and more than 90 per cent of employment opportunity.
allafrica.com /stories/200506020751.html   (423 words)

  
 ECONOMY OF CAMEROON : Encyclopedia Entry
The CFA franc — the common currency of Cameroon and 13 other African states — was devalued by 50% in January 1994.
France is Cameroon's main trading partner and source of private investment and foreign aid.
Cameroon has an investment guaranty agreement and a bilateral accord with the United States.
www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Economy_of_Cameroon   (478 words)

  
 Cameroon Economy
Nowadays, all cameroon is engage in a wonderful economic growth rate of 5% per year.
One of the largest single industrial enterprises in Cameroon is the aluminum smelting plant at Edéa, which produces about 92,000 metric tons annually from imported bauxite.
Cameroon's output of crude petroleum, mostly for export, reached 61 million barrels a year during the early 1990s.
www.world66.com /africa/cameroon/economy   (935 words)

  
 Cameroon - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It is bound by Equatorial Guinea to the southwest, Gabon to the south, Congo to the southeast, the Central African Republic to the east, Chad to the northeast, Nigeria to the northwest and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.
The principal ethnic groups consist of the Cameroon Highlanders who account for 31% of the population, the Equatorial Bantu for 19%, the Kirdi for 11%, the Fulani for 10%, the Northwestern Bantu for 8% and the Nigritic for 7%.
In May 1972 Cameroon adopted a new constitution that eliminated the two separate states and Cameroon was declared the United Republic of Cameroon.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/cameroon.htm   (1301 words)

  
 guidething: Cameroon Economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Nowadays all cameroon is engage in a wonderfull economic growth rate of 5% per year (1997 est.)Various IMF and World Bank programs were enacted to suport the economy politic of the government.
One of the largest single industrial enterprises in Cameroon is the aluminum smelting plant at Edéa, which produces about 92,000 metric tons annually from imported bauxite.
Cameroon's output of crude petroleum, mostly for export, reached 61 million barrels a year during the early 1990s.
www.guidething.com /africa/cameroon/economy   (903 words)

  
 The world's top Cameroon websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The United Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central Africa.
The Bantu language originated in the highlands of Cameroon, but may of its speakers moved out before foreign invaders came into the nation.
The latest elections were in 1997 with the next scheduled for late 2004.
dirs.org /dir-wiki.cfm/Top/Regional/Africa/Cameroon   (470 words)

  
 country insights > region: africa > cameroon > economy @ globalEDGE
Pursuant to the initiative, the IMF is requiring the Cameroonian Government to enhance its macroeconomic planning and financial accountability; continue efforts to privatize the remaining non-financial parastatal enterprises; increase price competition in the banking sector; improve the judicial system; and implement good governance practices.
The paper integrated the main points of the Millennium Development Goal, which outlined Cameroon's priorities in alleviating poverty and undertaking strong macroeconomic commitments in the short and long term.
In addition to existing investment in the oil sector, U.S. investment in Cameroon, estimated at over $1 million, is progressively growing due primarily to both construction of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline and cobalt and nickel mining.
globaledge.msu.edu /countryInsights/economy.asp?countryID=83®ionID=5   (628 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Cameroon: Oil And Gas Industry - Overview
The Republic of Cameroon, lies on the eastern border of oil-rich Nigeria, and is the sixth largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa with oil reserves estimated at 400 million barrels in January 2004.
The downstream oil industry in Cameroon is also an important sector of the country's economy.
Cameroon's petroleum contract has been subject to a number of improvements in 1990, 1991, 1995, and 1998 to make it more attractive to investors.
www.mbendi.co.za /indy/oilg/af/ca/p0005.htm   (734 words)

  
 A Virtual Travel to Cameroon - Cameroun - Africa
The territory was colonized by the Germans in1884 and after the end of the 1914-1918 war, Cameroon was mandated by the Ligue of Nations to the French and British governments.
Following agitation for independence by the Southern Cameroons - before the name was changed to West Cameroon - a plebiscite was held in that sector of Cameroon on February 11th 1961 under the United Nations supervision.
After a May 20,1972 referendum, Cameroon became a United Republic and by a Presidential Decree of 1984 it became the Republic of Cameroon.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/cameroon.htm   (484 words)

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