Boko Haram, revenue woes will mar Cameroon prospects

Significance

The violence is inhibiting Cameroon's cross-border trade with its larger neighbour, exacerbating a deteriorating economic outlook.

Impacts

• Plans to recruit 3,060 new teachers could result in widespread fraud, including 'ghost recruits', given low transparency standards.
• Civil service expansion, notably of 3,430 young recruits in 2014, will help reduce informal employment, but increase fiscal strains.
• The creation of new vocational training centres, new 'literacy centres' and 90,000 seasonal jobs will help Cameroon's skills profile.