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The assessment supports updated official poverty estimates for 2021/22 and explains how consumption aggregates and the poverty line are calculated and strengthened through quality enhancement review. It synthesizes analysis on growth, governance, conflict and displacement, social assistance, livelihoods, urbanization, and transport, informing strategies for resilience and inclusive growth.","Cameroon  \nPoverty Assessment 2024  \nPublic Disc losure Authorized  \nPub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nWorking Out of Poverty: Building Resilience and Inclusive Growth for Cameroon’s Future  \nDecember 2024  \nPub lic Disc losure Authorized  \n© 2025 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank  \n1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433  \nTelephone: 202-473-1000  \n[Internet:](Internet: www.worldbank.org)[ ](Internet: www.worldbank.org)[www.worldbank.org](Internet: www.worldbank.org)  \nRights and Permissions  \nThe material in this work is subject to copyright. 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The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work.  \nAcknowledgements  \nT  \nhis poverty assessment relies on survey data collected by the Institut National de la Statistique du Cameroun (Cameroon National Institute of Statistics, INS) in collaboration with the World Bank. The fifth Enquête Camerounaise Auprès des Ménages (Cameroon  \nHousehold Survey, ECAM-5) and corresponding bridge survey – collected in 2021 and 2022 – provide Cameroon’s first poverty estimates since 2014. Using these data, INS launched the official poverty estimates for 2021/22 in April 2024.  \nThe poverty assessment was led by Jonathan Lain (Senior Economist, EAWPV), Rayner Tabetando (Economist, EAWPV), and Clarence Tsimpo Nkengne (Senior Economist, EAWPV) . The core team working on the poverty assessment also included Walker Kosmidou-Bradley (Geographer, EAWPV) .  \nThe report was prepared with close guidance from Johannes Hoogeveen (Senior Economist, EAWPV) and under the overall direction of Johan Mistiaen (Practice Manager, EAWPV), Clelia Rontoyanni (Program Leader, EAWDR), and Cheick Kante (Country Director, AWCC1) . Further strategic direction was provided by Abebe Adugna (Regional Director, EAWDR) and Sandeep Mahajan (Practice Manager, EAWM2) .  \nThe analysis hinges on calculating the consumption aggregate and poverty line using ECAM-5 data. Initial work on these calculations was implemented by Martin Mba (Consultant, EAWPV) with guidance from Prospere R. Backiny-Yetna (Senior Economist, EAWPV) . A crucial step in improving the calculations was the Quality Enhancement Review (QER), undertaken by Elizabeth Foster (Economist, EAWPV) .  \nMany sections of the report benefited from specific analytical inputs. Amina Coulibaly (Senior Economist, EAWM2) and Francis Ngomba Bodi (Economist, EAWM2) provided macroeconomic estimates and forecasts for Chapter 1 and 2. Jade Mali Mizutani (Senior Public Sector Specialist, EAWG2) contributed vital information on governance and decentralization in Cameroon for Chapters 1 and 8. Johanna Belanger (Consultant, EAWPV) and Caroline Gevaert (Consultant, GFDRR) provided the background analysis on conflict and displacement used in Chapter 1. Sandra Segovia (Consultant, EPVGE) constructed the small-area poverty map for Chapter 3. 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