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#NextGenUNDP
Jean Luc Stalon
CAM E ROON
services to the Government of Cameroon. This enabled the
purchase and delivery of Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) kits in addition to life-saving equipment such as
ventilators, respirators, ambulances, and hospital beds.
This response also saw new partnerships built with
partners that had not previously collaborated with us in
Cameroon. Some of these included, the French Development Agency, the Global Fund, and the Islamic Development Bank.The COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing
insecurity across the Far North and North-West and
South-West regions are opportunities to help Cameroon
As RR in Cameroon, I have
strived to undertake deep
structural transformations…
Resource mobilization has
increased from USD 12.7m in 2018
to USD 88.3m in 2021.”
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build back better. The Regional Stabilization Program
and the Recovery Program both aim at improving the
lives of conflict-affected communities by bettering their
living standards to a higher level than what was prior to
the conflict. One way this is made possible, for example,
is by providing communities with sustainable energy in
the rebuilding process.
MY WORK INSPIRED MY PHD
Over the past years, I have also taken the time to
complete a PhD in Political Science. My work with
UNDP helped nourish my thesis and enabled me to
develop the concept of “Elitist Growth”, which I define
as a product of the liberal system. It represents all
the combinations of economic, political, and sociocultural behaviors that generate wealth, which reinforce
inequalities across societies.
In the past decade, I have observed the index for
“Elitist Growth” increase dramatically. The capture
of wealth by the elite hampers development. If we
include the concept of “Elitist Growth” in development
economics, we could change the whole development
landscape and contribute to more efficient beneficiarytargeting, and appropriate resource allocation. n