African Union INDICATORS Statistics showing availability and coverage of infrastructure Objective 2: Facilitate the participation of key stakeholders in policy and programme discussion and implementation The success of policies rests in large part on the degree to which they are internalised and owned by citizens. Therefore it is important that policies are designed and implemented with the widest participation and active support of all stakeholders. QUESTION 1: Describe the key institutions, stakeholders and processes for making economic policy in your country. Describe the institutional processes and forums for various stakeholder categories to participate in the formulation and implementation of economic policy in your country. Among the key stakeholders identified you should include The public sector (government) The private sector Civil society INDICATORS Main economic policy-making bodies and institutions Processes and forums for consultation and participation (including legislative provisions) QUESTION 2: To what extent does your country make use of outside advice, analysis or expertise in formulating economic policies? Giving references, describe the major outside analyses that have been produced about your country’s economic policies, and assess how much of these is reflected in ultimate policies adopted. The question seeks to identify BOTH whether government uses the analyses of professional outside bodies and whether these analyses and advices are included in economic policies. INDICATORS Evidence of reliance on expertise, including o Local expertise vs. external expertise o Government expertise vs. outside expertise 32