CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CAMEROON: PROBLEMS AND SOME LESSONS FROM KOREA
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 발행년도 2005
- 학위수여년월 2005. 8
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 및 전공 국제대학원 NGO학과
- 본문언어 영어
초록/요약
Despite its rich natural resources base, a disturbing 48% of total population in Cameroon lives below the UN poverty line, 53.3% of which lives in the rural areas and are primarily dependent on agricultural activities. The poverty prevalence rate remains highest among rural farmers (57%) despite the fact that the agricultural sector has been the biggest contributor to GDP and the largest in terms of labor. Even though they constitute the majority, they have been systematically and technically excluded from the national resource base. They live so far away from schools, hospitals and facilities, which urban people take for granted, consequences being mass suffering and untimely deaths even in face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which they usually attribute to traditional phenomena like witchcraft. After a multitude of economic hardships suffered, state government continues to withdraw itself from active involvement in key aspects of rural development. Amidst this situation a majority of the over 10.000 NGOs in the country considers fighting poverty as their principal preoccupation. However, their proliferation and interventions are still far from meeting poverty alleviation targets owing to a number of organizational, operational and environmental constraints. This implies that to get rural poverty off its first position in public agenda, there is an urgent need for the Government of Cameroon to manifest it’s commitment by expanding active involvements in rural areas, alienating bribery and corruption through financial transparency and accountability and enacting sound legislation for the involvement of Civil Society Organizations in poverty reduction scheme while in turn Civil Society organizations have to be more proactive in their approaches and show total devotion to combating this vicious ill.
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Contents
Certification……………………………………………………………………………….I
Dedication………………………………………………………………………………...ii
Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………..ii
Contents……………..…………………………………………………………………...IV
Abstract …....................................................................................................................….IV
Abbreviations……………………………………………………………………………VI
Chapter One
1.1 Introductory Statements………………………………………………………….1
1.2 Background Information………………………………………………………….2
1.3 Highlight of Cameroon’s Economic History & Demographic Information………2
1.4 Problem Statements and Issues………………….………………………………...6
1.5 Motivations of Study…………………………….………………………………..8
1.6 Objectives of Study…………………………………………………………….…9
1.7 Research Questions…………………………………………………………….…9
1.9 Justifications of Study………..……………………………………………….…10
Definition of key Terms/Concepts....…………………………………………....10
Chapter Two
2.1 Literature Review, Theoretical Conceptualizations and Analyses ……………..13
2.2 Hypotheses……………………………………………………………………....28
2.2 Study Type or Design…………………………………………………..……….29
2.2.1 Variables and Analytical Framework………………………………………..…..29
2.3 Data Collection…………………………………………………….………….…31
2.4 Field Procedures…………………………………………………………………32
2.5 Data Analyses Procedures……………………………………………………….32
2.6 Delimitation of Scope……………………………………………………………32
2.7 Significance of Study and Expected Results…………………………………….33
Chapter Three
Landscape and Various contexts of Rural Poverty in Cameroon………..………34
3.1 Status of Poverty Alleviation in Cameroon. ………………….…………………37
3.3 Rise of Civil Society Organizations and Legal Framework….………………….38
3.4 Description of NGOs in Cameroon………………………….…………………..41
3.5 NGO Roles………………………………………………………………………43
3.6 Contributions to Rural poverty Alleviation and development……………….….44
3.7 Institutional, Operational and Environmental Constraints of NGO …...….…….46
Chapter Four
Lessons from Korea
NGO Policies and Reforms for Rural Poverty Alleviation and Development
4.1 Good Neighbors International and World Vision International………………...51
Operational Fund Raising Strategies and Contributions of CSOs in Poverty
Alleviation……………………………………………………………………………… 53
4.3 Implications for Cameroon……………………………………………………....57
4.4 Discussion………………………………………...………………………….…..60
Chapter Five
5.1 General Recommendations and New Ways Forward….………………………...62
5.2 Summary and Conclusion………………………………………………………..64
5.3 Limitations of Study and problems encountered……………….…………….….66
Endnotes
References
Figures
Fig 1 Prevalence of HIV”AIDS in Cameroon (Pg 45)
Fig 2 GNI’s community involvement approach (pg 53)
Photos
Photo 1 Deplorable state of roads in rural Cameroon (pg 15)
Photo 2 Unpaved muddy roads that impede transportation needs of the rural populations (pg 15)
Photo 3 Rocky unmarked roads (pg 15)
Tables
Tab 1 Cameroon Demographic Information (pg 5)
Tab 1.2 UN worldwide statistics on people living less than $1 per day (pg 38)
