ABSTRACT
The post-Structural Adjustment Programs era in Cameroon features an engagement in multiple actions guided by aspirations of Vision 2035. Although the Growth and Employment Strategy Paper (GESP) 2010–20 that was replaced by the National Development Strategy (NDS) 2020–30 seemed to be an endogenous way of development, it demonstrated the influence of donor agencies in policy programs in Cameroon. Focusing on actors, the sectors at stake and the strategic set-up, this chapter interrogates a discursive and pragmatic approach to Cameroon’s politics and public policy processes. The analysis is attentive to the various political influences that constrain public policy performance in the country. It is shown that a solution to a public problem sometimes emerges from an asymmetric complexity of attitudes that eventually may simultaneously create both a window of opportunity and crises. For example, Boko Haram in the Far-North or the frequent protests against the ruling order is born and feeds on the inability of political actors to anticipate societal issues. Finally, this chapter deals with the question of decision-making processes in public policy in Cameroon.
