Author : Joseph Owona
Publisher : Editions L'Harmattan
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 12,52 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 2296484573
With ohter works dedicated to the issue, this word is a short introduction to decentralization/regionalization in Cameroon. It helps situating the decentralization process in the Cameroonian way, describing through a brief historical background current sources, community types, competence devolution rules, governance framework and supervision rules, and highlights the various situations existing on the field.
Author : Numvi Gwaibi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9956764248
This book explores how policies of decentralisation and community participation adopted in Cameroon in 1996 have played out on the ground since 2004. These reforms were carried out amid economic crisis, structural adjustment and political upheaval. At the time, popular sentiment was that change on the economic and political fronts was imperative. However, the ruling elite, some of whom had been shuttling around the state apparatus since independence, feared that succumbing to popular demands for change was tantamount to political suicide, as was the case elsewhere on the continent. These elites thwarted opposition demands for a sovereign national conference to discuss constitutional reform. The Francophone-dominated elite fiercely objected to Anglophone demands for the restoration of the Federal state that was dissolved in 1972. Instead, decentralisation was presented as an authentic forum for grassroots autonomy and municipal councils as credible arenas for community participation in local development. This study adopts an interdisciplinary approach to unearth the permutations of decentralisation and community participation in Cameroon. It explores how local actors have responded to the implementation of state policy of decentralisation. Further, it documents how local issues observed in Bali in the North West Region and Mbankomo in the Central Region of Cameroon impact and are impacted by national policies and processes.
Author : Janet Kathyola
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 184929044X
Through detailed case studies of decentralisation policies in five sub-Saharan African countries - Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania - this book examines the challenges presented, lessons learned, and recommends ways to improve policy implementation.
Author : Paul Ntungwe Ndue
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 26,29 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Cameroon
ISBN :
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Page : pages
File Size : 24,55 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic book
ISBN :
Author : Emmanuel Neba Ndenecho
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9956717665
Despite rapid urbanisation, Africa remains predominantly rural. This calls for decentralisation beyond the dominant concern by states and government with urban spaces. Rural areas, rural development and the future of rural settlements need to be understood and addressed in the context of the ongoing democratisation trends and the emergence and development of civil society. States have tended to tame rather than serve civil society in Africa. By establishing a single cultural reference and imposing a centralised state, African governments have exacerbated the fragmentation of civil society. However, political pluralism has slowly been gaining ground since the 1990s. This book explores the scope for implementing decentralisation programmes that focus on citizens in rural areas. For the purpose of decentralisation, civic participation in local politics and user participation in development programmes must be seen as two sides of the coin. The book focuses on spatial planning - a process concerned with spatial organisation in an integrative manner, and incorporates the design, establishment and implementation of a desired spatial structural organisation of land. This is especially relevant in a context where the formulation of guidelines for spatial development at the overall level of a state is inadequate.
Author : Charles M. Fombad
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 0192585037
This collection of essays assesses the efforts of African governments to constitutionalise decentralisation, be it in the form of federalism, local government or traditional authorities. Since the end of the Cold War jurisdictions across Africa have witnessed an ostensible return to multi-party democracy within the paradigm of constitutionalism and the rule of law. Linked to the democratisation process, many countries took steps to decentralize power by departing from the heavily centralized systems inherited from colonial regimes. The centralization of power, typically characterized by the personalization and concentration of power in the hands of leaders and privileged elites in capital cities, mostly resulted in repressive regimes and fragile states. As decentralisation is a response to these challenges, this volume analyses the dynamic relationship between the efforts to implement decentralization and presence or absence of constitutionalism. This volume examines a variety of forms and degrees of decentralization found across Africa. It advances a new understanding of trends and patterns and facilitates the exchange of ideas among African governments and scholars about the critical role that decentralisation may play in democratization of and constitutionalism in Africa.
Author : Philip Mawhood
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Guy Yakana Yombi
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,38 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Economics
ISBN :
Cameroon,Äôs Constitutional Law of 18 January 1996 enshrined decentralization as a fundamental principle of the organization of state governance, and subsequent implementing legislation affirms the central government,Äôs commitment to transferring a number of powers to local authorities with a view to local management. Local and regional authorities then appear as an essential link in the implementation of public policies at the local level. Their genuine autonomy in financial and administrative matters is a necessary condition for achieving local development objectives. However, a review of the existing literature reveals that these communities do not have real autonomy in public policy decision-making, which is illustrated by mixed development at the local level.
Author : Augustine A. Nguh Jam
Publisher :
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN :
The amended constitution of the Republic of Cameroon in 1996: Law No. 96-06 of 18 January 1996 amending the Constitution of 2 June 1972, states that Cameroon is a “Unitary and Decentralized State”, Etat Unitaire et Decentralisé in French. Cameroon having been a highly centralized administration from the 1960, the task of running the country as a decentralized entity therefore requires sensitization and clear division of labor. However, most actors at municipal council levels have very limited knowledge of what it takes to run local councils and even where some training has been received; the risk of managing the decentralized institutions within past traditions is still quite high. Mayors have duties, rights and obligations which are clearly spelt out so financial controllers expect them to be audited against the background or the laid down regulations. Unfortunately, the requirements to become mayor or councilor do not include any prior knowledge of bookkeeping, accounting, effective budgeting and, asset misappropriation or auditing. Some of these mayors and councilors ended up in prison and today, a number of them are still serving prison terms. This project christened, Constitutional Awareness and Forensic Aptitude for Councils, CAFAC, has as objective to develop a training program that will help disseminate information on the decentralization process, the duties of the different officials and get the general public to assist the administration by performing the tasks which are required of them. The program will eventually be translated into French and expanded to meet the learners in all parts of Cameroon but at this initial stage, it will focus on council areas in the North West and South West Regions. The training course is subdivided into: a) a course for Regional Councilors and their collaborators, and b) a course for Mayors, Divisional and Sub divisional Councilors. Conclusively, all participants who will benefit from the training would be exemplary financial managers, budget controllers, risk managers and would be able to identify all unnecessary financial outlets that can hinder efficient utilization of resources. Secondly, the council officials will be instructed on the procedures related to searching for and signing cooperation agreements with other councils, creating a council cluster union or twining with institutions from the Northern hemisphere.
