Evaluating the Growth and Challenges of Cameroon’s Decentralisation Program

This study aims to investigate the development of the decentralization program in Cameroon as well as the difficulties faced. In spite of the legal and institutional mechanisms put forth to ensure the smooth growth of the decentralization process, a handful of factors still beset its advancement. The goal of this work is to analyse the different stages in the growth of decentralization in Cameroon and the challenges it experiences. In attaining these objectives, we are guided by the doctrinal research method. Our findings reveal that the laws and institutions put in place to ensure decentralization in Cameroon are appropriate. However there exist a handful of underlying factors impeding its extension. It is however recommended that the executive arm of government should avoid unnecessary intrusion and over-control on the decentralized bodies to allow them operate freely as independent and autonomous entities.