Title: French investment in colonial Cameroon : the FIDES era (1946-1957) /
Authors: Atangana, Martin-René.; Atangana, Martin-René.
Publisher: Peter Lang,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Investments, French Cameroon History
Abstract: "This book analyzes French investments in Cameroon during the era of the program for the development of French colonies known as FIDES. It offers not only a description of the economic structures of colonial Cameroon, but also an analysis of French public and private investment in Cameroon, the Franco-Cameroonian economic and financial relationship, the contribution of Cameroon to the dynamics of French capitalism, and the role played by French capitalism in the economic development of Cameroon. This book will be useful for instructors teaching courses related to colonial, modern, or contemporary Africa, the economic history of Africa, and French colonial history, and to all interested in these subjects."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The emergence of FIDES -- The organization of FIDES -- The FIDES first four-year plan (1949-1953) -- The FIDES second four-year plan (1953-1956) -- Financial assessments of public investment -- Private investment : a reality -- Private investment : a myth -- The financial and social impact of FIDES investment -- The economic impact of FIDES.