Type | Report |
Title | Rapport Final Cameroun |
Author(s) | |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2014 |
Publisher | PNUD |
URL | http://www.se4all.org/sites/default/files/Cameroon_RAGA_FR_Released.pdf |
Abstract | The major challenge for Cameroon is to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth, whose fruit is evenly distributed to the population. To achieve this, the country needs to diversify its exports, largely based on oil, and eliminate a number of constraints; the most important being the poor energy services and basic infrastructure, governance, poor capacity, and an unfavorable environment for the private sector. The lifting of these constraints must take place in a stable and quality macro-economic environment. In the energy sector, Cameroon has great potential: hydroelectricity (the second in Africa after the Democratic Republic of Congo), gas, and renewable energy. Less than 5 % of hydroelectricity potentials (estimated to 20 GW) are actually exploited, and proven untapped gas reserves estimated at 110 billion m3 . The country also has significant renewable energy potentials, with important forest areas in the south of Adamawa. Firewood is still the first source of energy for households, especially in rural areas. The wood waste estimated exploitable is 1 million m3 per year. Concerning solar energy, the average insolation varies from 6 kWh / day / m ² for the Northern areas to 4 kWh / day / m ² for the southern area, enough for its development. Even with the decreases in crude oil production, it provides nearly one third of government revenue. The country also has a large untapped mining (iron, rutile, bauxite, tin oxide, uranium, gold, diamond etc..) that will need energy for its exploitation and processing. Cameroon can become a tourist destination with its colorful culture and its diversified landscape. The Government working hard to consolidate the results obtained in (i) road construction, to densify the internal network and connect Cameroon to other neighboring countries of the sub-region, in order to strengthen regional integration, (ii) reducing isolation of agricultural areas to allow people access to markets and basic social services, (iii) improving access to electricity in urban and rural areas and (iii) support the procurement policy of drinking water and sanitation. |
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