In Cameroon, as everywhere else, community participation in public management in the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities (CTD) in Cameroon depends on the inclusion of all sections of society in the management of public affairs, in accordance with the principle of "Letting nobody aside", a central transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.

It is this observation that justifies the realization of this study, which once concluded last March was published to the general public on March 22 during the Afrodad Media Initiative, an ideal opportunity to ensure a better relay of the recommendations and conclusions of said study. The Afro Media Initiative organized by ADIN in collaboration with AFRODAD aimed, among other things, to contribute to journalists' knowledge and understanding of debt management and related financing issues in Africa/Cameroon.

Local development is an approach to enhancing socio-economic and political growth in a participatory and inclusive environment by making good use of endogenous socio-cultural and demographic assets. It builds the capacity of local institutions for the implementation of socially inclusive interventions that provide microeconomic growth which, cumulatively, can contribute to macroeconomic growth.

The experience of the Decentralized Territorial Collectivities (CTD), in particular the Communes in terms of community participation, as appreciated by the grassroots communities themselves and captured by the perception survey carried out as part of this study, shows that community participation must be seriously strengthened if it is to produce a significant impact on the improvement of local public governance.

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