(Business in Cameroon) - Cameroon needs to create a single budget unit dedicated to monitoring and evaluation projects in the framework of the Planut and the AFCON. This is the solution suggested by the ministry of finance in its report of the 2018 budget execution.

In the report, the ministry indicated that there were monitoring and evaluation problems for two types of expenses during the period under review. The first type was related to the execution of projects under the 3-year urgency plan to boost economic growth (Planut), adopted by Cameroon in December 2014, with a budget of XAF925 billion. The second type of expense was for projects in the framework of the AFCON. According to the report, XAF72.1 billion was spent in 2018 for AFCON projects.

Because of the numerous institutions in charge of the implementation of projects that fall in the framework of these projects, there was a coordination problem. This affects the budget since they generate an important volume of debts that "require important budgetary provision."

Therefore, the creation of that single budget unit can allow better monitoring of the projects.

Sylvain Andzongo