학위논문(석사)--Graduate School of International Studies Ajou University :국제경영학과,2018. 2
Alternative Abstract
China has become an active trading partner at the Global scale within the last decade. The annual average growth rate of China to Africa between 1990 – 1994 and 1999 -2004 was 48% and 20% respectively.( Broadman and Al , 2007). Recently, China has about 20% of the world’s population. Unarguably, China is continually seen as a challenging threat to the advanced nations as well as emerging and developing economies. China’s economic influence and impact nowadays is global as such no country can dare ignore her position especially sub-Saharan African countries ( including Cameroon) which at the moment constitute an actual market for Chinese products and technologies. Cameroon witnessed economic crisis in the 1990s this made the real GDP to fall by an average of 4% per annum. In 1994, Cameroon’s currency the CFA Franc was devalued. Following this economic reform, the country economic situation was improved, terms of trade became favorable and GDP growth values became positive. Cameroon major trading partners and sources of foreign investment and development Assistance are the OECD member countries like France, Spain, Italy, Britain, United states etc. Cameroon also Imports from Nigeria, United States, and China. Cameroon does trade in products such as crude oil, Timber, Cotton etc. The analysis of the China-Cameroon economic relations would be examine within three domains; (I) Investment (II) trade (III) Aid flows.
