Is the use of the investment resources allocated to municipalities in Cameroon efficient?

Ngô Ndjang, Sylvain; Nguenda Anya, Saturnin Bertrand; Nzepang, Fabrice

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Is the use of the investment resources allocated to municipalities in Cameroon efficient?

Sylvain Ngô Ndjang*

Saturnin Bertrand Nguenda Anya*

Fabrice Nzepang*

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Table 1
Descriptive statistics on outputs and inputs for measuring the efficiency between 2010 and 2020

Origin of resources	Statistics	Number of projects financed and amount of financing mobilised
		Construction or rehabilitation of
		water infrastructure (Output 1)	electrical infrastructure (Output 2)	transport infrastructure (bridges and roads) (Output 3)	health infrastructure (Output 4)	school infrastructure (Output 5)	Manufacture of bench-tables for schools (Output 6)	Amounts of funding mobilised (Input) in mn of CFA francs
FEICOM	Means	7.364	4.545	1.909	2.545	10.364	1.182	19501.8
	SD	7.075	3.205	0.832	3.857	6.217	0.603	5502.4
	[Min-Max]	[1-21]	[1-12]	[1-4]	[1-14]	[1-22]	[1-3]	[11163.4 - 27750.9]
PNDP	Means	283.1	33.7	6.8	20.4	169.1	305.2	5059.8
	SD	94.189	36.683	1.932	30.241	82.853	202.948	2840.1
	[Min-Max]	[171-481]	[2-120.5]	[3-10]	[1-88]	[42-331]	[0.5-579.5]	[1992.5 - 8982.5]
BIP	Means	503.667	97.556	487.444	313.667	643.444	762.778	56802.8
	SD	207.227	91.942	274.833	44.048	251.431	263.071	24991
	[Min-Max]	[174-806]	[2-250]	[47-809]	[240-388]	[401-1083]	[183-1158]	[23710 – 98729.9]
Guichet unique	Means	676.818	115	406.909	277.727	690.545	902.727	48811.3
	SD	329.596	114.128	313.915	143.094	374.826	579.176	22590.1
	[Min-Max]	[174-1289]	[6-361.5]	[8-811]	[4-427]	[124-1375]	[1.5-1738.5]	[16826 – 85339.4]

SD: Standard deviation.

Source: Based on FEICOM, PNDP and MINEPAT data for 2010-2020.

Table 2
DEA scores for the technical efficiency of the different municipal investment financing sources

Years	Technical efficiency scores
	FEICOM			PNDP			BIP			Guichet unique
	Constant returns to scale	Variable returns to scale	Scale efficiency	Constant returns to scale	Variable returns to scale	Scale efficiency	Constant returns to scale	Variable returns to scale	Scale efficiency	Constant returns to scale	Variable returns to scale	Scale efficiency
2010	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.517	0.600	0.862	-	-	-	0.818	1.000	0.818
2011	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.722	1.000	0.722	-	-	-	0.513	0.558	0.921
2012	0.503	0.761	0.660	0.234	0.814	0.287	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.998	1.000	0.998
2013	0.572	0.817	0.700	0.190	0.718	0.264	0.920	1.000	0.920	1.000	1.000	1.000
2014	0.953	1.000	0.935	0.247	0.800	0.309	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
2015	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.487	0.838	0.582	0,998	1.000	0.998	1.000	1.000	1.000
2016	0.987	00.999	0.988	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
2017	0.67	0.677	0.991	0.394	0.802	0.491	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
2018	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.943	1.000	0.943	1.000	1.000	1.000
2019	0.507	0.636	0.796	0.625	1.000	0.625	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000	1.000
2020	0.778	0.9 63	0.808	-	-	-	0.988	1.000	0.988	0.904	1.000	0.904
Means	0.814	0.896	0.898	0.542	0.857	0.614	0.983	1.000	0.983	0.930	0.960	0.967

Source: Based on FEICOM, PNDP and MINEPAT data for 2010-2020.

Table A2
Number of municipalities projects funded between 2010 and 2020

Type of projects	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
PNDP
Water points built/rehabilitated	171	175	286	284	262	304	337	188	343	481	-
Rural roads built/rehabilitated	6	7	8	6	8	8	5	3	10	7	-
Classrooms built/rehabilitated	124	113	134	147	143	175	214	42	268	331	-
School tables and benches acquired	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Health centres built, renovated or equipped	4	5	8	20	27	9	10	12	59	59	-
Rural markets built	1	5	8	3	7	9	5	13	65	88	-
Storage warehouses built	2	2	9	3	10	11	6	18	32	23	-
BIP
Construction and rehabilitation of boreholes, wells and water networks	-	-	174	195	493	496	571	638	497	806	663
Construction, rehabilitation of power stations, transport networks and public lighting	-	-	12	13	2	86	101	95	79	240	250
Construction and rehabilitation of roads and bridges	-	-	47	53	444	480	575	650	566	763	809
Construction and rehabilitation of classrooms and latrines in schools	-	-	401	450	465	509	571	585	689	1038	1083
Acquisition of tables and benches for schools	-	-	685	768	183	687	794	854	963	1158	773
Construction, rehabilitation and equipping of health centres	-	-	240	269	339	335	316	314	284	338	388
FEICOM
Construction and rehabilitation of boreholes, wells and water networks	3	18	3	1	3	6	14	2	21	2	8
Construction, rehabilitation of power stations, transport networks and public lighting	7	12	6	7	2	3	2	3	3	1	4
Construction and rehabilitation of roads and bridges	4	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2
Construction, rehabilitation and equipping of health centres	3	2	2	1	1		-	-	14	-	-
Construction and rehabilitation of classrooms and latrines in schools	7	11	1	-	-	17	14	8	22	6	16
Acquisition of tables and benches for schools	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Sources: Based on FEICOM, PNDP and MINEPAT data for 2010-2020.

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