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ADMINISTRATIVE ABUSE OF POWER, A REFECTION OF POLICY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION GAPS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR : THE CASE OF CAMEROON CIVIL SERVICE

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At a point when Cameroon has a vision of becoming an emerging economy by 2035, Policy design and implementation gaps remain a potential threat for Cameroon not to achieve it vision. Most policies in Cameroon are always well designed, but at the level of implementation, they always face the challenges of poor policy implementation leading to policy gaps. I argue that, the existence of gaps between public policy that are design by the government and the extent of their implementation in Cameroon is a consequence of Administrative Abuse of power within the civil service. This design and implementation gaps come as a result of much bureaucracy in Cameroon civil service. The bureaucratic setting of the civil service has contributed to other administrative problems within the civil service such as non-accountability and lack of transparency, Corruption, Nepotism and Unequal development. Over the years, these consequences have clearly proven the rampancy of policy designed and implementation gaps in Cameroon that has had a negative effect on Cameroon National development. Hence, the need to crack down the level of bureaucracy in order to eliminate administrative abuse of power is by giving room for effective decentralization and enforcing the rule of law within the civil service. This could be a possible solution for Cameroon to bridge policy gaps and achieve its vision of becoming an emerging economy.

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CHAPTER ONE, GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVE 3
1.1.1 Specific objective 3
1.1.2 General objectives 3
1.2. DEFINITION OF TERMS 4
1.2.1 Public policy 4
1.2.2 Public Policy Design 4
1.2.3 Public Policy Implementation 4
1.2.4 Policy Implementation gap 4
1.2.5 Administrative Abuse of Power 5
1.2.6 Bureaucracy 5
1.3 VARIABLES 5
1.4 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 5
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTION 6
1.6 HYPOTHESIS 7
1.7 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 7
1.8 THE SELECTION OF THE CASE STUDY 8
1.9 DE-LIMITATION OF STUDY 8
1.10 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY 9
1.11 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER OUTLINE 10
CHAPTER TWO,REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES 11
2.0 RELATED LITERATURE 11
2.1 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 14
2.1.1 The Notion of State Bureaucracy 14
2.1.2 Theories of bureaucracy 15
2.1.2.1 The view point of Max Weber 15
2.1.2.2 The opinion of John Stuart Mill: 16
2.1.2.3 The perspective of Robert K. Merton 17
2.2 MANIFESTATIONS OF POWER ABUSE WITHIN CAMEROONS CIVIL SERVICE 19
2.2.1 Nepotism and corruption 20
2.2.2 Political party infiltration into governmental affairs 20
CHAPTER THREE, BUREAUCRATIC SETTING AND PUBLIC POLICY GAPS IN CAMEROON. 22
3.0 INTRODUCTION 22
3.1 EXPLAINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUREAUCRATIC SETTING AND POLICY GAPS IN CAMEROON: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 23
3.2 EVIDENCE OF PUBLIC POLICY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION GAP IN CAMEROON: THE KRIBI ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT 26
3.2.1 Profile of Study Area 26
3.2.2 Case Study: the Kribi Road Construction Project 28
3.3 ATTEMPTED MEASURES BY THE CAMEROON GOVERNMENT TO BRIDGE POLICY GAPS 31
3.3.1 The Decentralization process 31
3.3.2 National Anti-Corruption Commission, known by its French acronym as CONAC 31
3.3.3 Declaration of assets and properties 32
3.4 WHY THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF POLICY GAPS IN CAMEROON 32
3.4.1 Improper structuring of the policy implementation body 32
3.4.2 Inadequacy and inefficiency of existing legislation 33
3.4.3 Failure of law enforcement mechanism 33
3.4.4 Lack of transparency in the selection process of those charged with the Implementation of government policies 33
3.4.5 Lack of experience and absence of culture of judicial appeals by NGOs And civil society challenging inappropriate implemented policies 34
CHAPTER FOUR, CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF POLICY GAPS ON CAMEROONS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 35
4.0 INTRODUCTION 35
4.1 INTERNAL EFFECTS OF POLICY GAPS IN CAMEROON: SLOW ECONOMIC AND SOCIOPOLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CAMEROON 35
4.1.1 Stagnation in government policy 36
4.1.2 Distrust for government agenda 36
4.1.3 Accelerating the informal nature of the economy 37
4.1.4 Economic inefficiency 37
4.1.5 Delay in infrastructural growth and lack of infrastructural development 38
4.1.6 The increase in transaction costs 39
4.2 EXTERNAL EFFECTS OF POLICY GAPS IN CAMEROON: REACTIONS FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY 39
4.2.1 Reduced commitments and Discourages ODA Initiatives from donor Agencies 39
4.2.2 Scares potential investors (foreign direct investment) FDI 40
4.2.3 It soils the image of the country 42
CHAPTER FIVE, STRATEGIC APPROACH TO BRIDGE POLICY GAPS IN CAMEROON 44
5.0 INTRODUCTION 44
5.1 GOVERNMENT REFORMS 45
5.1.1 Effective Decentralization of State power 46
5.1.2 Civil service reform laws 46
5.1.2.1 The introduction of E-governance 47
5.1.2.2 The need for a new Civil Service ethics code 47
5.1.2.3 Reinforcing and strengthening penalties 47
5.1.3 Political conviction 48
5.1.4 Government relation with the public 48
5.2 LEGISLATURE 48
5.2.1 Parliamentary public policies monitor Committees 49
5.3 CIVIL SOCIETY & NGOs 49
5.3.1 Capacity building and civic education 49
5.3.2 Cooperation with government 50
5.4 GENERAL PUBLIC 50
5.4.1 Mutual actions 51
5.4.2 Internal control 51
CONCLUSION 52
REFERENCES 53

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