Cameroon’s Finance Minister Louis-Paul Motaze has called for greater access to concessional financing and stronger support from international financial institutions to help developing countries meet their financing needs. He made the appeal on October 17, 2026, at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Bangkok, where he addressed the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) on behalf of a group of African countries.
Motaze argued that developing countries cannot rely solely on their own resources to finance their development needs, particularly as debt servicing costs continue to put pressure on public finances. While domestic revenue collection, better debt management and…