Strengthening Transparency in the Oil Sector in Cameroon Why Does it Matter?

There has been a growing recognition of the importance of transparency for economic growth and social development in oil producing countries. This paper analyzes transparency issues in Cameroon's oil sector. It shows that, while substantial efforts have already been undertaken, continued action...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cossé, Stéphane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2006
Series:IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Subjects:
Oil
Online Access:
Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02676nmm a2200637 u 4500
001 EB000931066
003 EBX01000000000000000724662
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 150128 ||| eng
020 |a 9781451946123 
100 1 |a Cossé, Stéphane 
245 0 0 |a Strengthening Transparency in the Oil Sector in Cameroon  |b Why Does it Matter?  |c Stéphane Cossé 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 2006 
300 |a 27 pages 
651 4 |a Cameroon 
653 |a Energy: Demand and Supply 
653 |a Shadow Economy 
653 |a Oil prices 
653 |a Economywide Country Studies: Africa 
653 |a Industries: Energy 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Oil 
653 |a Investments: Energy 
653 |a Taxes 
653 |a Formal and Informal Sectors 
653 |a Production 
653 |a Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development 
653 |a Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development 
653 |a Economic sectors 
653 |a Petroleum industry and trade 
653 |a Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy 
653 |a Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General 
653 |a Institutional Arrangements 
653 |a Macroeconomics: Production 
653 |a Commodities 
653 |a Energy: General 
653 |a Business Taxes and Subsidies 
653 |a Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development 
653 |a Prices 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Oil production 
653 |a Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Other 
653 |a Investment & securities 
653 |a Taxation 
653 |a Oil, gas and mining taxes 
653 |a Energy: Government Policy 
653 |a Oil sector 
653 |a Petroleum, oil & gas industries 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a IMF Policy Discussion Papers 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781451946123.003 
856 4 0 |u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/2006/002/003.2006.issue-002-en.xml?cid=18918-com-dsp-marc  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a There has been a growing recognition of the importance of transparency for economic growth and social development in oil producing countries. This paper analyzes transparency issues in Cameroon's oil sector. It shows that, while substantial efforts have already been undertaken, continued action is necessary to strengthen transparency. The paper seeks to identify why and how transparency, especially in the fiscal area, matters for economic development and poverty reduction in Cameroon