Global Journal of Human Social Science, E: Economics, Volume 22 Issue 2

Table 9: Trends in corruption for the past five years Years FDI inflows Value in % oftotal Variation 2015 2,245 8% 2016 2,034 -9% 2017 2,326 14% 2018 1,977 -15% 2019 2,017 2% Source: Authors computation, based on PDI data The net variation in FDI from 2015 to 2019 ranged from 8% to 2%, with a peak of 14 percent in 2017, which might be ascribed to the rise in social insecurity with the extent of the security problem in the North-West and South-West Regions of the country, as shown in the table above. This situation has the unintended consequence of contributing to Cameroon's low level of investment when compared to similar countries, as illustrated in the graph below: Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI, 2010) Figure 2: Gross capital formation fixe of CEMAC countries This low level of investment, along with an increasingly visible fall in private investment (of which a significant part is foreign investment), as seen in the graph below, is not conducive to the country's economic progress. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI, 2010) Figure 3: Public investment/private investment © 2022 Global Journals Volume XXII Issue II Version I 39 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2022 E Institutional Analysis of the Determinants of Economic Non-Take-Off and High Living Standards in Cameroon between 1990 and 2019