[ Culture, Pilier du développement au Cameroun ]
Volume 16, Issue 1, June 2015, Pages 47–54
Marie Liliane DIBOMA1
1 Centre Nationale d'Education, Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation, Cameroon
Original language: French
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The balance of policy development implementation in Africa since the 1970s is quite mixed. The development is not the only economic growth function. It constitutes a means to access an intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual existence. This participates to indicate that as such, development is indivisible of culture. Today, it is increasingly found that, it is a development rooted in the culture, and sensitive to local context which is in fact likely to be sustainable. The objective of this reflection is to raise the fundamental place that must occupy the culture in the process of Cameroon's development, and suggest the mechanisms by which it could actually be incorporated into the national project of emergence. This work is mainly based on an empirical analysis of international institutions' documents, and the experience of countries that have emerged in relying on their culture throughout the world. We hypothesize that the identification of social cultural models and their taking into account in the formulation of the policy of Cameroon's development could be significant asset to the achievement of an inclusive and sustainable development in Cameroon. Clearly, these procedures may allow Cameroon to take into account local cultures in the national development project long term. It is education and enhancement of local languages.
Author Keywords: Culture, development, sustainable development, emergence, education.
Volume 16, Issue 1, June 2015, Pages 47–54
Marie Liliane DIBOMA1
1 Centre Nationale d'Education, Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation, Cameroon
Original language: French
Copyright © 2015 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The balance of policy development implementation in Africa since the 1970s is quite mixed. The development is not the only economic growth function. It constitutes a means to access an intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual existence. This participates to indicate that as such, development is indivisible of culture. Today, it is increasingly found that, it is a development rooted in the culture, and sensitive to local context which is in fact likely to be sustainable. The objective of this reflection is to raise the fundamental place that must occupy the culture in the process of Cameroon's development, and suggest the mechanisms by which it could actually be incorporated into the national project of emergence. This work is mainly based on an empirical analysis of international institutions' documents, and the experience of countries that have emerged in relying on their culture throughout the world. We hypothesize that the identification of social cultural models and their taking into account in the formulation of the policy of Cameroon's development could be significant asset to the achievement of an inclusive and sustainable development in Cameroon. Clearly, these procedures may allow Cameroon to take into account local cultures in the national development project long term. It is education and enhancement of local languages.
Author Keywords: Culture, development, sustainable development, emergence, education.
Abstract: (french)
Le bilan des politiques de développement mise en œuvre en Afrique depuis les années 70, est assez mitigé. Le développement n'est pas fonction de la seule croissance économique. Il constitue un moyen d'accéder à une existence intellectuelle, affective, morale et spirituelle, qui participe à indiquer que comme tel, le développement est indivisible de la culture. Aujourd'hui, il est de plus en plus avéré que c'est un développement enraciné dans la culture et sensible au contexte local qui est en fait le seul mode de développement susceptible d'être durable. L'objectif de la présente réflexion est de relever la place fondamentale que doit occuper la culture dans le processus de développement du Cameroun et de suggérer le mécanisme par lequel elle pourrait effectivement être intégrée dans le projet national d'émergence. Ce travail repose majoritairement sur une analyse empirique des actes des institutions internationales et l'expérience des pays qui ont émergé en s'appuyant sur leur culture à travers le monde. Nous formulons l'hypothèse que, l'identification des modèles culturels sociaux et leur prise en compte dans la formulation de la politique de développement du Cameroun pourrait constituer un atout significatif à la réalisation d'un développement inclusif et durable au Cameroun. Manifestement, deux modalités peuvent permettre au Cameroun de prendre en compte les cultures locales dans le projet national de développement à long terme. Il s'agit de l'éducation et la valorisation des langues locales.
Author Keywords: Culture, Développement, développement durable, émergence, éducation.
How to Cite this Article
Marie Liliane DIBOMA, “Culture, Pillar of Development in Cameroon,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 47–54, June 2015.
