The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon realities and prospects

For a long time, Cameroon was a success story in the context of Africa’s development. Unfortunately, the economic crises of the eighties and early nineties led to the failure of the development strategies that had been pursued until then, resulting in a severe deterioration of the country’s economy...

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Main Author: Munje, Ndansi Divine
Other Authors: Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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title The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects
title_full The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects
title_fullStr The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects
title_full_unstemmed The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects
title_short The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon
title_sort extractive industries transparency initiative eiti in cameroon realities and prospects
title_sub realities and prospects
title_txtP The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon : realities and prospects
topic Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative oil transparency EITI development Cameroon the Gulf of Guinea Yhteiskuntapolitiikka Kansainvälinen kehitystyö (maisteriohjelma) Social Policy Master's Degree Programme in Development and International Cooperation 209 211 öljy läpinäkyvyys demokratia kehitys kehitysmaat Kamerun
topic_facet 209 211 Cameroon EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Kamerun Kansainvälinen kehitystyö (maisteriohjelma) Master's Degree Programme in Development and International Cooperation Social Policy Yhteiskuntapolitiikka demokratia development kehitys kehitysmaat läpinäkyvyys oil the Gulf of Guinea transparency öljy
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