(1988-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after … five years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), the extreme US$1.25 poverty headcount had reached a …

date, and then to use this as a background for the analysis of poverty, inequality, and non-monetary outcomes. The analysis … of poverty and inequality uses the microeconomic data from three comparable and nationally representative Cameroonian … the four Demographic Health Surveys conducted in Cameroon by Macro International and the National Institute of Statistics …

consumption of individuals over different growth spells in Cameroon, Senegal, and Tanzania. With cross-sectional data, we track …

The Government of Cameroon has declared poverty reduction through strong and sustainable economic growth the central … accompanied by significant poverty reduction between 1996 and 2001. But poverty barely decreased between 2001 and 2007 due to very … growth has been weakly pro-poor in Cameroon. There is therefore a need to re-examine and possibly reform the mechanisms …