This web page provides information in on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Cameroon and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Cameroon and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents in English and French that deal with Cameroon.
At a Glance
- Cameroon joined the Fund in July 10, 1963; Article VIII
- Total Quotas: SDR 276.00 Million (As of February 29, 2016)
- Loans outstanding: ESF RAC Loan SDR 65 Million
ECF Arrangements SDR 5.58 Million - Staff Report for the 2018 Article IV Consultation (Country Report No. 18/235, July 23, 2018)
Office Activities in Cameroon
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Recent Economic Trends and Economic Outlook
Presentation
December 31, 2019
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REO presentation given at the University of Dschang
December 1, 2019
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Domestic Backlogs in Subsaharian Africa: amount, symptoms and solutions
Presentation
October 26, 2019
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Cameroon: Economic Recovery in a Context of Great Incertainty
REO Presentation
May 2, 2019
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Subsidizing Energy Consumption: Why it’s Wrong and What Can Be Done About it
Blog by Carlo Cottarelli, Director, FAD (IMF)
May 6, 2013
IMF's Work on Cameroon
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May 19, 2023
“The mission has reached staff-level agreement with the Cameroonian authorities on the economic and financial policies that could support the approval of the fourth reviews of the program under the ECF and EFF arrangements. Completion of the fourth reviews by the IMF Executive Board, scheduled in late June 2023, would enable the disbursement of SDR 55.2 million (about US$73.8 million).
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Trade Integration in Africa: Unleashing the Continent's Potential in a Changing World
May 5, 2023
Author/Editor:Asmaa A ElGanainy | Shushanik Hakobyan | Fei Liu | Hans Weisfeld | S. M. Ali Abbas | Céline Allard | Hippolyte W. Balima | Celine Bteish | Rahul Giri | Daniel S Kanda | Sergii Meleshchuk | Gustavo Ramirez | Robert Zymek | Vivek B. Arora | Subir Lall | Benjamin R Kett | Megan M Pohl
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Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Permanently Decline if Geopolitical Tensions Escalate
May 1, 2023
Countries will need to build resilience to manage the inevitable shifts in trade and foreign direct investment.
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March 20, 2023
Series:Country Report No. 2023/114
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March 17, 2023
Mr. Kenji Okamura, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement in Yaoundé at the conclusion of his meetings with the Cameroon and with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) authorities on March 15-16, 2023
Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa
Growth in sub-Saharan Africa will decline to 3.6 percent this year. Amid a global slowdown, activity is expected to decelerate for a second year in a row. Still, this headline figure masks significant variation across the region. The funding squeeze will also impact the region’s longer-term outlook. A shortage of funding may force countries to reduce resources for critical development sectors like health, education, and infrastructure, weakening the region’s growth potential.
April 14, 2023
Growth in sub-Saharan Africa will decline to 3.6 percent this year. Amid a global slowdown, activity is expected to decelerate for a second year in a row. Still, this headline figure masks significant variation across the region. The funding squeeze will also impact the region’s longer-term outlook. A shortage of funding may force countries to reduce resources for critical development sectors like health, education, and infrastructure, weakening the region’s growth potential.Read the Report
Fraudulent Scam Emails Using the Name of the IMF
We would like to bring to the notice of the general public that several variants of financial scam letters purporting to be sanctioned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or authored by high ranking IMF officials are currently in circulation, and may appear on official letterhead containing the IMF logo. The scam letters instruct potential victims to contact the IMF for issuance of a “Certificate of International Capital Transfer” or other forms of approval, to enable them receives large sums of monies as beneficiaries. The contact e-mail information is always BOGUS and unsuspecting individuals are then requested to send their personal banking details which the scammers utilize for their fraudulent activities.For more information please see Fraudulent Scam Emails Using the Name of the IMF
Departmental Papers on Africa
The Departmental African Paper Series covers research on sub-Saharan Africa conducted by International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff, particularly on issues of broad regional or cross-country interest. The views expressed in these papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF Management.