On The Sustainable Development Between Sino-Cameroon Cooperation

This paper analyzes the need of Cameroon sustainable development in its cooperation with China.It highlights the strengths,weaknesses,opportunities,threats associated with them.The analysis shows us the importance of China for the Cameroon economic growth.The sustainable development projected by the Cameroonian government in its cooperation with China,offers a broader vision of the essential needs for its economic,social,environmental and cultural growth.Cameroon intends to use its bilateral cooperation with China to achieve the goals in its new development strategy,now embedded in the National Growth and Employment Strategy Paper(GESP)with a time frame vision of 2025,with the ambition to become "a united,emerging,diversified and truly democratic country."Chinese Development Assistance is aligned with Cameroon's priorities in terms of financing overarching projects.It includes,without political or governance related conditionality,long term public loans with low interest rates,grants and economic private loans through EXIM Bank China.That assistance was boosted by China9 s general new intervention strategy in Africa.Chinese development assistance to Cameroon is generally project related,but these projects are mostly executed by Chinese companies,with equipment imported from China,limiting opportunities for local Small Size Structures.The Chinese assistance to Cameroon,despite some complaints,has ironically had a positive impact on Civil Society Organizations(CSOs)work by opening more ground and space.It is not attached with strings of policy reform but is considered likely to undermine efforts to strengthen transparency.It has not had any significant and specific observable institutional impact,but has increased Cameroon's overall trade deficit.Technology transfer is still insignificant,but cooperation with China has opened a new route to Cameroonian private initiative.