Gauthier, Bernard; Zeufack, Albert - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2010
Oil has been a curse for Cameroon, one of the potentially richest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. While the discovery … of oil in 1977 and initial prudent management accentuated hopes, Cameroon has become an example of growth collapse. GDP … 1986 level. In 2007, Cameroon was still poorer than in 1985. Using recently available datasets on oil production, the World …