4.1 5.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 The directory of reference prices and the Code on the Public Declaration of Assets ......................................................................................................... 172 The association ‘Qui dit Mieux’: employment promotion and environmental protection ............................................................................... 226 The presidential programme in micro-finance ............................................... 269 Songhaï, an alternative manner of development ............................................ 271 Women in the Beninese armed forces ........................................................... 277 FIGURES 4.1 Economic performance .................................................................................. 140 4.2 Macroeconomic indicators ............................................................................. 160 viii