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Analysis of the resilience strategies of Cameroonian companies in the face of Covid‐19 and their effects on activity

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  • Benjamin Fomba Kamga
  • Rodrigue Nda'Chi Deffo

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The aim of this study is to analyse the strategies adopted by enterprises in the face of Covid‐19 and to evaluate their impact on production. The data used are those of the rapid survey of enterprises on the evaluation of the socio‐economic effects of the coronavirus in Cameroon carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The recursive multivariate probit regression is used to account for the potential endogeneity between the different strategies adopted. The results show that there is a strong dependency in the adoption of the different strategies and this has a negative impact of 5% on the probability of maintaining the activity.

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  • Benjamin Fomba Kamga & Rodrigue Nda'Chi Deffo, 2022. "Analysis of the resilience strategies of Cameroonian companies in the face of Covid‐19 and their effects on activity," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(4), pages 880-897, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:34:y:2022:i:4:p:880-897
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.3602
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