objective of technical competence. The six-stage methodology adopted in coming up with the Report is apt and highly recommended to other countries embarking on their self- assessment. 1.2 The Country Review Mission 8. The Country Review Mission was fielded from 31 August – 17 September 2009. Led by Professor Adebayo Adedeji, Lead Panellist for Ethiopia, the team comprised 15 prominent Africans of 8 different nationalities - Algeria, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 9. It was composed of independent experts in the four APRM thematic areas; experts from one of the strategic partner institutions – the African Development Bank (AfDB), – as well as members of the APR Secretariat, as indicated hereunder. A. APR Panel • B. Adebayo Adedeji, Lead Panel Member for Ethiopia Independent Technical Consultants Democracy and Political Governance • L. Adele Jinadu (Lecturer in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, Nigeria). • Joseph N. Mulenga, Judge of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, Former President of East African Court of Justice and Justice of Supreme Court of Uganda; and, • Amos Sawyer, President of the Interim Government of National Unity in Liberia from 1990 to 1994 and Head, Governance Commission, SD Cooper Road, Monrovia, Liberia; Economic Governance and Management • Francis Chigunta (Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Development Studies, University of Zambia); and, • Oluyele Akinkugbe (Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa). • Mohamed En Naceur Bourenane (Private Sector Development Specialist, Algiers, Algeria); and, Corporate Governance - 43 -