The Socio-Political Crisis in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon : Assessing the Economic and Social Impacts
This study assesses the impact of the crisis on economic and social outcomes in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions as of 2019. Conflicts destroy tangible and intangible assets and strain surrounding areas, and subnational conflicts leave de...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/795921624338364910/The-Socio-Political-Crisis-in-the-Northwest-and-Southwest-Regions-of-Cameroon-Assessing-the-Economic-and-Social-Impacts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35933 |
| Summary: | This study assesses the impact of the
crisis on economic and social outcomes in Cameroon’s
Northwest and Southwest regions as of 2019. Conflicts
destroy tangible and intangible assets and strain
surrounding areas, and subnational conflicts leave deep
scars on a country’s social fabric, culture, and collective
memories. The NWSW crisis is a particularly poignant example
of this, as it has directly targeted official symbols of the
state, including schools and courts of law, and the
resulting large-scale displacement has had secondary impacts
on neighboring regions and at the national level. As of the
end of 2019, the conflict was still active, and some
longer-term outcomes and political, social, security, and
institutional impacts were not yet observable beyond
anecdotal evidence. The ongoing crisis, combined with the
COVID-19 pandemic, has kept the two regions largely
inaccessible. This has complicated data collection, as well
as efforts to generate a more detailed understanding of
conflict dynamics and actors. Given these constraints, this
study has pursued a pragmatic strategy of analyzing
pertinent issues in a systematic manner and relying on
available information from a range of sources, including
national and local governments, humanitarian assessments,
existing surveys, press and newspaper articles, key
stakeholder interviews, and remote sensing to gauge the
impact of the ongoing crisis. Because no primary data
collection has been carried out, the study does not measure
the impact as of a specific date in 2019. Rather, it has
tried to identify the most up-to-date and relevant sources
to illustrate the impact, including the analysis of
satellite images. |
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