BOXES
1.1
The APRM progress report .............................................................................. 33
2.1
Chronology of the main political events in Benin ........................................... 48
2.2
The National and Sovereign Conference of the Bone and Sinew of the
Nation ............................................................................................................... 54
3.1
Towards harmonious coexistence between traditional and modern
governance ....................................................................................................... 69
3.2
The Charter of Political Parties: a suitable but ineffective legal
framework ........................................................................................................ 76
3.3
Mastering the financing of elections ................................................................ 78
3.4
The government’s working charter .................................................................. 93
3.5
Presidential leadership ..................................................................................... 94
3.6
The case of the embezzled legal fees ............................................................... 97
3.7
An efficient public service ............................................................................. 100
3.8
Towards effective contribution by the diaspora to development projects ..... 102
3.9
Reasons for the low representation of women in the principal decisionmaking bodies ................................................................................................ 113
3.10 Women and politics ....................................................................................... 114
3.11 Combating child trafficking in Benin ............................................................ 122
4.1
The cotton sector ............................................................................................ 141
4.2
Current practice in developing the MTEF in Benin ....................................... 147
4.3
Emerging Benin: an original vision ............................................................... 155
4.4
Legal and institutional framework for public procurement ........................... 165
4.5
Status of Benin’s adherence to the convergence plan in the WAEMU
zone ................................................................................................................ 176
5.1
Creation of enterprises by young people ....................................................... 191
5.2
Difficulties of the informal sector .................................................................. 196
5.3
Benin’s famous women traders, the ‘Mamas Benz’ ...................................... 198
5.4
The Jeune Chambre Internationale Soleil Bénin ........................................... 199
5.5
The ANPE ...................................................................................................... 220
6.1
The promotion of self-reliance depends on a substantial reduction in
external aid ..................................................................................................... 246
6.2
Poverty in Benin ............................................................................................ 250
6.3
Universal education as defined by the MDGs ............................................... 258
6.4
Problems regarding the education and enrolment of girls ............................. 260
6.5
The promotion of reproductive health ........................................................... 262
6.6
The National Solidarity Fund ......................................................................... 263
6.7
Functions of gender focal points .................................................................... 275
6.8
Summary of the Paris Declaration ................................................................. 284
GOOD PRACTICES
1.1
The extensive APRM national consultation process ....................................... 36
1.2
Personal involvement of the president of the republic ..................................... 42
3.1
Framework for interfaith consultation ............................................................. 73
3.2
Compliance with the electoral timetable for presidential and legislative
elections ........................................................................................................... 77
3.3
Democratic changeover at the helm of affairs: expressing a shared culture
of democracy, tolerance and fair play .............................................................. 79
3.4
The Constitutional Court of Benin, efficiency in the service of democracy,
the rule of law and fundamental liberties ......................................................... 90
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