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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................... ii
Map of Benin .............................................................................................................. viii
Country fact sheet ......................................................................................................... ix
Some economic and financial indicators of Benin ....................................................... xi
Abbreviations and acronyms ....................................................................................... xiv
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER ONE .......................................................................................................... 32
1.
INTRODUCTION: THE APRM PROCESS AND ITS
IMPLEMENTATION IN BENIN ................................................................... 32
1.1
The APRM and its implementation ................................................................. 32
1.2
Implementation of the APRM process in Benin .............................................. 35
1.3
The CRM ......................................................................................................... 38
1.4
Activities conducted during the review mission .............................................. 39
1.5
Commitment of the head of state in the APRM process .................................. 42
CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................... 44
2.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND CURRENT CHALLENGES ...................... 44
2.1
First kingdoms in independent Dahomey ........................................................ 44
2.2
From independent Dahomey to the National Sovereign Conference .............. 46
2.3
The period of the democratic renewal of the 1990s ......................................... 47
2.4
The current dynamic drive and its sluggishness: the strong points and
weaknesses of the advent of an emerging Benin ............................................. 50
CHAPTER THREE ..................................................................................................... 57
3.
DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE .................................... 57
3.1
Introduction: the challenges for democracy and political governance ............. 57
3.2
Ratification and implementation of standards and codes ................................ 60
3.3
Assessment of APR objectives ........................................................................ 67
CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................................... 129
4.
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT .............................. 129
4.1
Introduction: the challenges for economic governance and
management ................................................................................................... 129
4.2
Ratification and implementation of standards and codes .............................. 132
4.3
Assessment of APR objectives ...................................................................... 137
CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................................... 179
5.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ................................................................... 179
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