IMF Staff Country Reports

Cameroon : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report

Author/Editor:

International Monetary Fund

Publication Date:

January 4, 2008

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The growth rate of agriculture in Cameroon was estimated at 3.3 percent in 2006, compared with 2.7 percent in 2005. This is owing to increased activity in the food agriculture sector (4.3 percent) and in forestry and logging (4.0 percent). Livestock farming and fisheries, on the one hand, grew by 3 percent and 2 percent, respectively. Industrial and commercial agriculture, on the other hand, experienced a slowdown, on the one hand, with a growth rate of –2.3 percent in 2006 compared with 1.7 percent in 2005.

Series:

Country Report No. 08/1

Subject:

Agriculture Cameroon Development Education Employment Governance Health care Income Poverty Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Private sector