Cameroon
The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) in the October edition focuses on an IHDP review on mountain regions around the world, in particular, looking at adaption to climate change in difficult environments.
Summaries of scientific work describe findings in mountainous areas in Africa, Eurasia and the Americas. The projects reveal the prime...
The project “Integrating Wetland Economic Values into River Basin Management” has the overall goal of more equitable, efficient and sustainable wetland and river basin management resulting from the practical application of environmental economics techniques and measures.
To help to achieve this goal, its immediate objectives are:
- To...
This policy brief is designed to help policymakers and practitioners understand the financial services needed by the poor. It is framed within lessons learned from a five-year IFPRI research programme that examined, among other issues, the roles government should play in providing financial services to meet the needs of the poor. Insights presented here are based on a series of detailed...
This policy brief summarises lessons learned from IFPRI's multicountry programme on rural finance and household food security with regard to the poors’ demand for financial services. The lessons are derived from detailed household surveys conducted in nine countries of Asia and Africa: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal and Pakistan.
This collection of policy briefs cover research results from a multicountry research program on rural finance policies for food security of the poor, 1994-2000. It offers lessons learned from IFPRI´s programme on rural finance and household food security with regard to the poors’ demand for financial services. The lessons are derived from detailed household surveys conducted in...
This report presents information on the credit constraints that poor rural households face in nine countries of Asia and Africa (Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal and Pakistan).
It uses this information to make the case for appropriate public intervention in strengthening rural financial markets and draws conclusions about areas where public resources...
In eradicating or reducing the problem of water shortage within the Bamendakwe community, the government and private institutions need to recognise that involving both women and men in integrated water resources initiatives can increase project effectiveness and efficiency. Participation by both women and men improves project performance and improves the likelihood of sustainability. In other...
Mountains are important water sources for local, urban and mountain communities. Despite this fact, mountain communities in Cameroon experience acute water problems such as shortages, poor quality and water conflicts. Due to the inaccessibility of fresh or portable water, mountain communities in this area are under increasing stress. However, the knowledge of Integrated Water...
Mountains constitute the source of water supply to the zones downstream. The southern slope of the Bambouto Mountain range which is supposed to play this role is experiencing interventions which pay very little attention to the preservation of the subterranean tables. In addition to this lack of precautionary measures are activities which accelerate the thinning process of the subterranean...
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