Natural resource endowment and the fallacy of development in Cameroon

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of Contributors -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction. Natural Resources and Underdevelopment in Cameroon: Untangling a Puzzle -- Natural resource endowment as both sides of the same coin -- Sharing from Africa's development misfortune -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Theoretical and Methodological Framing -- Chapter 1 - Natural Resource Endowment, a Curse or a Blessing on Economic Growth: The Cameroon Experience -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Discussion of Findings -- The Error Correction Model -- Conclusion and Policy implications -- References -- Chapter 2 - Natural Resources Depletion and Economic Growth: Implications and Prospect for Cameroon Economic Emergence by 2035 -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Analytical Methodology -- Findings and Discussion -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- VAR Granger Causality Test -- Chapter 3 - Application of Major Development Theories to Agricultural Transformation in Cameroon: Recurring Crises and Future Prospects -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework and literature review -- Modernisation Theory -- Dependency Theory -- Methodology -- Results and Discussions -- Development theories and agricultural transformation -- Characteristics of agriculture and development priorities -- New orientations in agricultural policy -- Conclusions and Policy Implications -- References -- Chapter 4 - Evaluating Extractive Sector Corporate Social Investments in Cameroon: The Front and Backend Activities Methodological Proposition -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The idea of CSI and CSR -- Cameroon's resource-development paradox -- Cameroon's CSI landscape: key actors and recent contributions -- Key trends and practices in extractive sector CSI in Cameroon.