ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the nature of business and government relations in Cameroon. It examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to business with a focus on the nature, role, and impact of public policy on the private sector in general. It argues that although the State remains the major regulator of the economy in Cameroon, its economic reform policies since the 1990s have been to strategically associate the private sector in the process of economic decision making. The development of Cameroon's economy has always been a business of government. The Democratic Republic of Cameroon has modest oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions. The political and business environment have encouraged and rewarded innovation and entrepreneur-ship, as well as galvanized international trade and foreign investment in the country. In Cameroon there are basically two types of private sectors: the national and foreign private sectors.
