PB in Yaoundé, Cameroon

A paper that examines the establishment of Participatory Budgeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon.

This paper examines how citizens, local mayors and a society of booklovers collaborated to establish participatory budgeting in Yaoundé, despite the weakness of democracy and absence of traditions of participation or public service in Cameroon. Available in French and English.

Source: Africa Research Institute
Author information: Edward Paice

Year of publication: 2014