Embassy Offices

The Political and Economic Section

The Political and Economic Section, which also operates commercial services, monitors a wide range of topics in Cameroon such as:

• Human Rights
• Democratic progress and elections
• Legislation
• Social and civic freedoms and religious expression
• Labor relations and student activism
• Governance
• Macroeconomic stability and growth
• Business climate
• U.S. investment and trade
• HIPC debt relief

The State Department issues two major reports for every country in the world, including Cameroon. The Political Officer is responsible, along with appropriate Washington DC-based officials, for drafting and editing these reports. They include:

• Cameroon Country Report on Human Rights Practices 
• U.S. Department's International Religious Freedom Report (Cameroon)

The State Department also issues the following reports:

• Trafficking in Persons Report - Cameroon
• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record (Cameroon)

The Political and Economic Section also implements regional projects such as:

• CARPE (Central African Regional Program for the Environment) is a USAID regional program for rainforest conservation. Operations were initiated in Cameroon in 1998.
• GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) is program implemented in conjunction with Peace Corps and the Cameroon Ministry of Education in ten pilots schools throughout the country.
• FHA/SFPS (Family Health and AIDS Prevention) is a regional USAID project.
• EDDI (Education for Democracy and Development Initiative) is a program which gives scholarships to needy girls in Cameroon to encourage and support them in their efforts to continue their education. This program also supports a limited number of other activities promoting girls' education in Cameroon.