Cameroon: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

This revised version of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Cameroon describes policies that contribute to growth and poverty reduction in the country.

The PRSP has been developed using a participatory approach, and has resulted in the growth and employment strategy paper (GESP). The GESP has been prepared within the context of rising costs of living, the international financial crisis, and the global food and energy crisis. It is the empirical expression of an integrated framework of medium-term sustainable human development for Cameroon. The GESP describes the country's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

The GESP is divided into seven interdependent chapters. They deal with:

• Review of development policies;
• Long-term development vision and GESP goals;
• Growth strategy;
• Employment strategy;
• State governance and strategic management;
• Macroeconomic and budgetary guidelines;
• Institutional framework and GESP implementation and monitoring mechanisms.