1.2 Statement of the problem

Internally Displaced Persons have rights and are protected under International Humanitarian Law. Those who have particularly borne the brunt of this conflict are the internally displaced persons who are scattered throughout the crisis. In some communities, they have faced rejection and hostility in some host communities. On another side, the economic hardship IDPs have had to face has been overwhelming leading them to hunger, banditary, prostitution and other activities that they would readily not do because of the conditions they face because they live as the Internally Displaced Persons.Owing to the fact that the state has not done the required to meet up with the solutions to IDPs lack providing them with the neceaary basics and the continuous economic hardship that these IDPs face is what this study sought to understand.

From the foregoing, the following research questions were formulated.

1.3 Research Questions

1. What are the economic impacts of the Anglophone conflict on the IDPs in Buea?
2. What has been government, non-state stakeholders and private donors responses to the economic effects on IDPs in Buea?
3. What challenges has the government encountered?  

1.4 Objectives of the study

1. To identify the economic effects of the conflict  IDPson in Buea
2. To evaluate the measures put in place by the government, non-state stakeholders and private donors, in the restitution of the livelihoods of the displaced
3. To examine the challenges faced by Cameroon government in making economic activities vibrant in Buea

1.5 Research Hypotheses of the study

1. There is no significant effects of conflict on economic activities in Buea
2. The measures put in place by Cameroon government have no significant effects in boosting socio-economic activities in bringing sustainable peace and development northwest and southwest regions of Cameroon
3. The Cameroon government does not face any significant challenges in boosting the socio-economic development in Buea