Cameroon faces serious problems with its governance and anti-corruption framework according to the Global Integrity Report released today.
Cameroon received a “very weak” (55 pts) overall ranking on the 2008 Integrity Indicator Scorecard. It scored “very weak” in four categories; Elections (58 pts), Government Accountability (44), Administration and Civil Service (48) and Oversight and Regulation (49). It scored “weak” in two categories; Civil Society, Public Information and Media (61 pts) and Anti-corruption and Rule of law (69).
According to the report’s highlight:
Cameroon faces serious problems with its governance and anti-corruption framework. Elections (especially political financing regulations), government accountability (across the legislative and judicial branches, in particular), and oversight and regulation (including a weak to non-existent ombudsman office, audit agency, and poor business regulation) are all rated as Very Weak. While there is robust legislation in place that criminalizes corruption, the agency mandated to address corruption is ineffective. "Members of [the anti-corruption agency]," for example, "are close to the ruling party [...] and their neutrality is questionable." Despite this bleak governance landscape, there are a few bright spots. Civil society organizations (CSOs) are active and regulations over taxes/customs and state-owned companies are reasonably effective.
Global Integrity Report is an assessment of the health of a country's anti-corruption framework. The Integrity Indicators scorecard “assesses the existence, effectiveness, and citizen access to key governance and anti-corruption mechanisms through more than 300 actionable indicators. It examines issues such as transparency of the public procurement process, media freedom, asset disclosure requirements, and conflicts of interest regulations.”
Click here for a quick look at Cameroon’s Integrity Indicators scorecard.
Click here to read or download the complete 163-page report on Cameroon.
As long as Cameroon continues to perform poorly on these global index tables it will continue to have a hard time attracting investors, particulary in the small and medium-sized enterprise arena.
Posted by: Dr A A Agbormbai | February 19, 2009 at 02:42 PM
agbormbai
CAMEROUN, MEANS FRENCH CAMEROUN,
UNTILL WE MAKE THIS DISTICNTION THAT
SOUTHERN CAMEROONS ISNT CAMEROUN, THAT.
ITS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, WE WOULD ALWAYS FALL INTO THE TRAP OF FRENCH CAMEROUN, BY MAKING THE WORLD BELIEVE ITS A PART OF CAMEROUN, WHICH ITS NOT
Posted by: DANGO TUMMA | March 04, 2009 at 10:32 AM