Local Government
72
Large Cities
3
Capital Cities
3
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
95
Local Government
72
Large Cities
3
Capital Cities
3
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
95
Community
Capital
Yaoundé
Population
25 216 240
Language
French
Currency
Central African CFA Franc
Indexes
Democracy
132
Authoritarian
Democracy
Democracy
132
Authoritarian
Democracy
Corruption Perception
152/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
152/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
151
Medium
Human Development
Human Development
151
Medium
Human Development
World Happiness
96/156
World Happiness
World Happiness
96/156
World Happiness
Legislation Regarding the Regulation of Participatory Budgeting Experiences
At the local level (regulation and adoption of the PB).
Outstanding Innovation
- The main innovation is the use of Information and Communication Technologies to mobilize participants, so they can vote on the priorities when it is not possible during face-to-face meetings;
- The establishment of a citizen call center to report defects during the PB cycle;
- The establishment of a monitoring site for economic, social and cultural rights (basic social services). In this site is possible to report cases of violations of people’s rights;
- The option for some municipalities to take into consideration thematic PBs: in particular the fight against unemployment, or PB focused on environmental issues;
- The creation in the communes of offices in charge of the PB and local development.
Principal Tendencies Detected
- Growth in the use of digital tools;
- Increase in the share of the budget allocated to basic social services;
- Growth in the delivery of basic social services;
- Increase in actor-based PB (young people and women);
- Increase in thematic Participatory Budgeting (environment, fight against unemployment, agriculture, etc.);
- Improvement of the availability of planning tools in the communes.
Other Information
Participatory Budgeting can have a real impact on people's access to basic social services, but there are no regulations that oblige local authorities to implement this process. It is based on the efforts and support provided by civil society organizations in Cameroon that municipalities have been committing to Participatory Budgeting.
