REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN
Paix-Travail-Patrie
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
Peace-Work-Fatherland
SERVICES DU PREMIER MINISTRE
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
PRESS RELEASE FOLLOWING CABINET MEETING OF THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2019
The Prime Minister, Head of Government, His Excellency Joseph DION NGUTE, today Thursday 28 November 2019 as from 2:00 p.m. chaired the Cabinet Meeting for the current month in the Prime Minister's Office, which was attended by Ministers of State, Ministers, Ministers-Delegate and Secretaries of State.
Two items featured on the agenda:
- Statement by the Minister of Economy, Planning And Regional Development on the theme “context, stakes, challenges and major guidelines of the 2020-2030 national development strategy”;
- Supplementary statement by the Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, in charge of planning on the theme "pillars of the 2020-2030 national development strategy and institutional mechanism to monitor its implementation”.
At the end of the introductory statement by the Head of Government, the Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development first recalled that the first phase of Cameroon's Development Vision by 2035 had been made operational through the Growth and Employment Strategy Paper (GESP), whose deadline is 31 December 2019. He then presented the participatory approach that had guided the development of the second phase of this Vision, before stressing that the evaluation of the GESP had highlighted encouraging progress in the implementation of certain sector based policies. However, the impact of the implementation of the GESP, in terms of improving the living conditions of the population, remains weakly felt, due in particular to the economic and financial situation that Central Africa has been experiencing for several years, the security crisis that has been raging in some regions of the country and the delays in the implementation of infrastructural projects.
The Minister of Economy then presented the main orientations underlying the draft National Development Strategy for the period 2020-2030, namely the control of imports and the increase in the volume of exports; the promotion of a strategic and pragmatic State that sets up facilities in favour of the private sector and the improvement of planning processes. This strategy is guided by guiding principles including the maintenance of a stable macroeconomic framework, development planning aligned with decentralisation, taking into account the specific needs of regions affected by security crises, harmonious, balanced and equitable development of the territory.
Finally, the Minister of Economy stated that in order to generate more dynamic and job-creating growth, the second phase of Cameroon's Development Vision was structured around four main objectives, namely: (i) the creation of conditions conducive to increasing national wealth and intensifying the structural reforms necessary for the country's industrialization; (ii) the improvement of people's standard of living and their access to basic social services; (iii) the strengthening of measures for adaptation and mitigation of the effects of climate change in order to ensure sustainable and inclusive economic growth and social development; (iv) the