The Cameroonian Ministry of Finance has recently published the 2025-2027 Economic and Budgetary Programming Document, which indicates that the government plans to maintain its debt rate at 50% of the Gross Domestic Products(GDP) below the regulatory threshold of 70% of GDP.To meet its objectives ,  the government will adopt a prudent approach to debt management ,even as the public debt stands at 40,4% of GDP as reported by the Autononous Amortization Fund . To mitigate potential future liquidity constraints, the government will focus on long-term borrowing, allowing for extended repayment periods and substantially decreasing the proportion of domestic debt .The goal is to bring it down to 10% next time ,down from 38,1% in 2024 . The Cameroonian government's willingness to shift towards long-term loans,stems from the risk of over -indebtedness looming over the country. According to the Ministry of Finance, this situation is attributed to weak budetary revenues and exports.Assuming its 2027 projections hold , Cameroon's debt burden should stay below the 70% threshold.For the current year, external and internal  borrowing has totalled 1041 billion Cfa Francs and 606 billion cfa francs respectively ,as projected by the public authorities      .                                                          

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