An ex-post evaluation of optimal credit granted to the youth under the program of Promoting Entrepreneurship in Agro-pastoral Activities in the Centre region of Cameroon

Autor: Achille Jean Jaza Folefack, Patricia Nadège Nju’pue Ngapana, George Achu Muluh
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Tropicultura, Vol 38, Iss 4 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2295-8010
0771-3312
DOI: 10.25518/2295-8010.1616
Popis: This study uses an ex-post evaluation method to estimate the optimal external funding level that maximizes the benefit of agro-pastoral enterprises supported by the youth program for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Agro-pastoral Activities (PEA-Youth Program) in the Centre region of Cameroon. The Linear Programming (LP) model recommends a personal contribution between 238,510 and 995,000 FCFA for each enterprise. It also recommends full use of start-up/subsidized credit (1,200,000 FCFA) for each activity, which can be justified by its zero interest rate (0%) as compared to the productive credit (15% interest rate) whose use(
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