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Is the use of the investment resources allocated to municipalities in Cameroon efficient?
Article | Year: 2024 | Pages: 221 - 239 | Volume: 33 | Issue: 2 Received: November 11, 2023 | Accepted: March 12, 2024 | Published online: June 10, 2024
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Sources: Based on data from FEICOM, PNDP and MINEPAT, 2010-2020.
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Origin of resources
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Statistics
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Number of projects financed and amount of financing
mobilised
|
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Construction or rehabilitation of
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|
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water infrastructure
(Output 1)
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electrical infrastructure
(Output 2)
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transport infrastructure (bridges and roads)
(Output 3)
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health infrastructure
(Output 4)
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school infrastructure
(Output 5)
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Manufacture of bench-tables for schools
(Output 6)
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Amounts of funding mobilised (Input) in mn of CFA
francs
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FEICOM
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Means
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7.364
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4.545
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1.909
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2.545
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10.364
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1.182
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19501.8
|
|
SD
|
7.075
|
3.205
|
0.832
|
3.857
|
6.217
|
0.603
|
5502.4
|
|
[Min-Max]
|
[1-21]
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[1-12]
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[1-4]
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[1-14]
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[1-22]
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[1-3]
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[11163.4 - 27750.9]
|
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PNDP
|
Means
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283.1
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33.7
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6.8
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20.4
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169.1
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305.2
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5059.8
|
|
SD
|
94.189
|
36.683
|
1.932
|
30.241
|
82.853
|
202.948
|
2840.1
|
|
[Min-Max]
|
[171-481]
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[2-120.5]
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[3-10]
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[1-88]
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[42-331]
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[0.5-579.5]
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[1992.5 - 8982.5]
|
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BIP
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Means
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503.667
|
97.556
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487.444
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313.667
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643.444
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762.778
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56802.8
|
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SD
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207.227
|
91.942
|
274.833
|
44.048
|
251.431
|
263.071
|
24991
|
|
[Min-Max]
|
[174-806]
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[2-250]
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[47-809]
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[240-388]
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[401-1083]
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[183-1158]
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[23710 – 98729.9]
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Guichet unique
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Means
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676.818
|
115
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406.909
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277.727
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690.545
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902.727
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48811.3
|
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SD
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329.596
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114.128
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313.915
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143.094
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374.826
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579.176
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22590.1
|
|
[Min-Max]
|
[174-1289]
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[6-361.5]
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[8-811]
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[4-427]
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[124-1375]
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[1.5-1738.5]
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[16826 – 85339.4]
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SD: Standard deviation. Source: Based on FEICOM, PNDP and MINEPAT data for 2010-2020.
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Years
|
Technical efficiency scores
|
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FEICOM
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PNDP
|
BIP
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Guichet unique
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|
Constant returns to scale
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Variable returns to scale
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Scale efficiency
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Constant returns to scale
|
Variable returns to scale
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Scale efficiency
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Constant returns to scale
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Variable returns to scale
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Scale efficiency
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Constant returns to scale
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Variable returns to scale
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Scale efficiency
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2010
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1.000
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1.000
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1.000
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0.517
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0.600
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0.862
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-
|
-
|
-
|
0.818
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1.000
|
0.818
|
|
2011
|
1.000
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1.000
|
1.000
|
0.722
|
1.000
|
0.722
|
-
|
-
|
-
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0.513
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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
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0.838
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0.582
|
0,998
|
1.000
|
0.998
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
|
2016
|
0.987
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00.999
|
0.988
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
|
2017
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0.67
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0.677
|
0.991
|
0.394
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0.802
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0.491
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
|
2018
|
1.000
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1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
0.943
|
1.000
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0.943
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
1.000
|
|
2019
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0.507
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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
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0.960
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0.967
|
|
Funders
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Type of financing granted
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2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
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2015
|
2016
|
2017
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2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
|
FEICOM
|
Investment credit (CIC) FEICOM
|
14,443.5
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27,750.9
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26,296.3
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25,260.2
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11,163.4
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12,977.2
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18,368.7
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16,117.9
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21,292.1
|
20,595.1
|
20,253.6
|
|
PNDP
|
PNDP grants
|
2,382.5
|
1,992.5
|
7,322.2
|
8,968.0
|
6,640.0
|
4,329.5
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2,265.4
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5,661.6
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2,053.7
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8,982.5
|
1,500.0
|
|
BIP
|
Investment resources transferred as part of the transfer of responsibilities
|
-
|
-
|
21,210.0
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23,779.0
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38,430.6
|
44,719.3
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46,643.4
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51,056.0
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56,483.3
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55,002.1
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61,396.4
|
|
Operating DGD
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
5,000.0
|
13,800.0
|
13,900.0
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One-off investment transfers
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2,664.8
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2,574.8
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626.5
|
679.6
|
2,260.9
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510.3
|
800.4
|
1,333.6
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Source: Based on FEICOM, PNDP and MINEPAT data for 2010-2020.
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Type of projects
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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
|
-
|
-
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