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AFRISTAT/CAMEROON Collaboration By: Joseph Guy Benjamin She Etoundi NSI Deputy General Manager
AFRISTAT/CAMEROON
Collaboration By: Joseph Guy Benjamin She Etoundi
NSI Deputy General Manager
AFRISTAT/CAMEROON Collaboration
Outline
1. Cameroon
2. Modalities and areas of AFRISTAT intervention
3. Progress in institutional and organisational support
4. Main noteworthy points
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Land area: 475,650 km2
Northeast: Republic of Chad
South: Republic of Congo, Gabonese Republic and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
West: Federal Republic of Nigeria North: Lake Chad
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Administrative Divisions: 360 Districts; 360 Communes
Official languages: French and English
Poverty: 39.9 in 2007
Population : 21,143,237 inhabitants in 2013
Unemployment Rate: 3.8% in the ILO definition in 2010
Under-Employment Rate: 70.6% in the ILO definition in 2010
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Economy
2011 2012 2013
Macroeconomic Data
GSP at current prices (in billion FCFA) 12,546 13,515 14,645
Real growth rate (%) 4.1 4.6 5.4
Inflation rate (%) 2.9 2.4 2.5
Demand components (in % of GDP at current prices)
Consumption 87.5 88.4 88.1
Investment 20.6 19.4 19.9
Export of goods and services 18.4 18.8 16.9
Import of goods and services 26.5 26.6 24.9
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2.1 Work Agreements
Data collection from the National Statistical System, 2009-2014 General Business Census (RGE), 2009 2.2 Technical Assistance Data collection from the National Statistical System, 2009-2014Implementation of the Business Register, RGE 2009
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2.2 Technical Assistance
Evaluation survey on health research expenses in Cameroon
Renewal of the Industrial Production Index, 2014
Implementation of the NSI Website and its hosting, 2004
Etc.
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2.3 Cameroon’s Participation in Several Workshops Organised by AFRISTAT
Participation in workshop on survey data processing, 2014
Seminar on national accounts, 2012 and 2013
Implementation of revised activity and product nomenclature of AFRISTAT Member States, 2012
Approval of revised activity and product nomenclature of AFRISTAT Member States, 2011
Approval workshop on methodological guides for the Construction Costs Index (CCI) and the Industrial Production and Services Price Index (IPPIS), 2010
Etc.
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2.4 Cameroon Logistical Support Several international workshops/seminars organised by
AFRISTAT held in Cameroon.
2.5. Financial Support
- Cameroon contributes to the AFRISTAT Fund
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Cameroon has adopted the implementation of different AFRISTAT Programmes.
AFRISTAT Strategic Work Programme 2 (PSTA 2, 2011-2015)
AFRISTAT Strategic Work Programme 1 (PSTA 2, 2006-2010)
AFRISTAT Minimum Common Statistics Programme (2001-2005)
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AFRISTAT Strategic Work Programme (2010 -2015) Production
Production of progress reports toward reaching MDG 2010 and 2012
Annual evaluation reports on implementation of NSDS 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 according to the AFRISTAT model
Cameroon nomenclature of occupations, employment and professions (MEPC)
Nomenclature of Cameroon activities and products (NACAM_NPC rev 1)
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3.2 Support in designing the Cameroon 2009-2013 NSDS
Documentation
Participation of NSI managers in workshops organised by AFRISTAT
3.3. Distribution
Support for implementation of first NSI website
Training of NSI personnel in the WINISIS application
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Technical assistance (EES1, EES2, ECAM 2, National Accounts, etc.)
Request of Cameroon experts by AFRISTAT to support certain member countries
Etc.
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