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1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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The international African library
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International African library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
From the mid-1980s to the early 2000s, images of crisis and reform dominated talk of Cameroon's economy. Doing Business in Cameroon examines the aftermath of that period of turbulence and unpredictability in the northern city of Ngaoundere. Taking the everyday encounters between business actors and state bureaucrats as its point of departure, the book vividly illustrates the backstage and interconnected dynamics of four different sectors (cattle trade, trucking, public contracting, and NGO work). Drawing on his training in law and social anthropology, the author is able to clarify intricate policy dynamics and abstruse legal developments for readers. A widespread picture emerges of actors grappling with the long-term implications of selective or suspended enforcement of legal rules. The book deftly illuminates a set of shifting configurations in which economic outcomes like monetary gains or the circulation of goods are achieved by foregoing the possibility of relying on or complying with the law. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; List of figures; List of maps; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; An anatomy of economic governance; The work of the state in times of crisis and reform; The passages of economic governance; The research and the book; 1 Making a living in Ngaoundéré; Ngaoundéré in historical perspective; The making of a public contractor; A cattle trader at a crossroads; An undistinguished trucking career; 'A matter of the heart'; 2 The ordering of public things |
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Public contracts as targets of reformA seat in Alhadji Djibrilla's station wagon; Procedures, papers, stamps, and signatures; The sway of le suivisme; Power in contracts; The taxation of public contracting; 3 'Cattle saves the day'; Vying for a share of the southern markets; Remembrance of cattle past; Cattle trade as an economic niche; The circulation of cattle as a regulatory target; Taxing the cattle trade; 4 On and off the road; The emergence of a regional transport hub; 'Disorder took hold'; Times of pipeline-induced plenty; Access to freight; Enforcement on the road |
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5 Under the NGO labelA 'flourishing' of associations; Le label ONG (the NGO label); The quest for contracts; NGOs and profits; Conclusion: letting pass, letting go; Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Business enterprises -- Cameroon.
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Trade regulation -- Cameroon.
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Industrial policy -- Cameroon.
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Cameroon -- Commerce.
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Cameroon -- Economic policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference. |
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Business enterprises |
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Commerce |
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Economic policy |
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Industrial policy |
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Trade regulation |
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Cameroon https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrrCCJKHyfBgbQyKWtR8C |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Muñoz, José María (Anthropologist). Doing business in Cameroon. Cambridge, United Kingdom : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018 9781108428996 (DLC) 2018021302 (OCoLC)1032349822 |
| ISBN |
9781108557504 (electronic bk.) |
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1108557503 (electronic bk.) |
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9781108684477 |
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1108684475 |
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1108452825 |
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9781108452823 |
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9781108428996 |
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1108428991 |
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9781108452823 (paperback) |
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