Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SJHSS)
Volume-3 | Issue-11 | 1293-1302
Original Research Article
Local Development in Cameroon: Comparative Analysis of the Development Committees of the Bangang Chieftaincy (West) and the Township of Meskine (Far North)
Léonnie Dezeu Tchinda, Natali Kossoumna Liba’a
Published : Nov. 30, 2018
Abstract
The rural milieu of Cameroon is lagging in development infrastructures.
Local stake holders via local development committees invest in those areas to uplift
the living standards of the populations. It is against this backdrop that this paper aims
at making a comparative analysis of the actions of development committees in the
Bangang Chientaincy (Bamboutos) since 1977 and in the township of Meskine
(Diamare) since 1993, in order to evaluate the level of participation of local stake
holders in the development of their land. Primary and secondary data have enabled us
to analyze the actions of the development committee of Bangang (including its three
subcommittees) with those of the Meskine central committee (including one
subcommittee). The evaluation results situate respectively in Bangang and Meskine at
68% against 64% the rate of public actions accomplished by the committees, at 28%
against 35% the rate of social actions, and at 4% against 1% the rate of economic
actions.