TABLE OF

CONTENT

INTRODUCTION
I. CORRUPTION
II. EMBEZZLEMENT
III. AFRO-PESSIMISM
IV. TRIBALISM
V. SOLUTION
CONCLUSIO
 INTRODUCTION

For several years, some countries have been sinking into

underdevelopment; such is the case of Cameroon, which
to this day has not managed to get out of this situation. So
what are the factors that hinder Cameroon's development?
The answer to this question will therefore be the subject of
our study.
 I. CORRUPTION

Corruption is a behavior repressed by the Cameroonian penal

code. But what Cameroonians understand by corruption now a
days goes well beyond the limits of the phenomen on referred
to in the law. Corruption is no longer a simple solicitation, an
offer-receipt of donations and promises in order to make, s '' to
refrain from doing or postponing an act to be performed, it is no
longer just a reward for an action or an abstention in everyday
life, the civil servant or public official does not passively expect
to receive any donation in return for a service he renders, he
requires the service beforehand the <<bribe>> is most of the
time, known fixed: we know that a candidate needs such a sum
of money to obtain entry into a high school, to a motorist
without insurance or driving license to cross a road control
barrier; we know that we must agree to give the treasury agent
such a percentage of a sum before paying get payment etc.
 II. EMBEZZLEMENT

Speaking of embezzlement, this presents itself as a difficult

disease to treat in Cameroon. A real evil that slows down not
only development, but also the improvement of the living
conditions of the people of the country. In Cameroon the list of
personalities imprisoned for embezzlement is very long, there
are former director’s general of public enterprises, ministers,
governor and even prime minister. On April 11, Z2019, the
daily emergence on newsstands reported that the State of
Cameroon lost 6000 billion FCFA between 2018 and 2017 in
the embezzlement of public funds which largely justifies the
abundance of unfinished projects as well as public companies
which only fund wither away. Ultimately the embezzlement is a
vice that Cameroon is not about to abandon.
 III. AFRO-PESSIMISM

The radical Afro-pessimism of some is fueled by the idea that

there are blockages maintained by Africans themselves, that
no development aid will be enough to overcome violence,
conflicts, bad management, corruption and also that illicit and
mafia trafficking would be part of an unsurpassable
Africanness. Thus African societies would not be made for
democracy, nor for respect for human rights, nor to benefit
from a balanced rule of law in political fields, economic and
social. Afro pessimism can also be based on the cliché of a
fatalistic acceptance of Africans to their own fate.

The various forms of Afro-pessimism lead to abandoning the

continent to its own fate or to the simple short-term interests
of those who exploit its people and resources (unscrupulous
companies, office in power etc.). The marginalization of the
black continent in world economic and cultural exchanges is
the consequence.
 IV. TRIBALISM

Although less hateful than racism, tribalism is a fact not ignored

in some parts of the world especially Africa which is a former
land of tribal wars. Tribalism in itself is an element that delays
the development of the country, prevents the social cohesion,
the uniqueness of citizens. Cameroonians cannot all come
together for one and the same cause due to tribal differences.
 V. SOLUTION

We distinguish as a solution to bad governance: the

promotion of merit, the promotion of democracy and
respect for the population, all this by putting an end to
scourges such as corruption, tribalism and by practicing
decentralization in the country.
 CONCLUSION

Finally, arrived at the end of this study which focused on the

factors which slow down the development of Cameroon, after
having seen how corruption, tribalism and embezzlement slow
down the evolution of the country; it clearly emerges that
despite independence, which was aimed at liberating and
developing Cameroon, the country remains plagued by
retrograde mentalities and many others.