JSC LDC MAEP MDG MEHU MFE MFI MOU MP MTEF NEPAD NGO OAU ODA O.EC.C.ABénin OECD OHADA OLC OPM OPT PAC PIRSJ PNGE PNPF PRD PRPB PRSP QIBB RGPH RIFONGA ROSC SAP SBEE SBS SDDS SED SICA SIGFIP SME SMI SMIG SONACOP Judicial Service Commission less developed country Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Millennium Development Goal Ministry of the Environment, Housing and Town Planning Ministry of the Family and the Child micro-finance institution Memorandum of Understanding member of Parliament Medium-Term Expenditure Framework New Partnership for Africa’s Development nongovernmental organisation Organisation of African Unity overseas development assistance Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants of the Republic of Benin Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa Observatory on the Fight against Corruption Presidential Mediation Body Posts and Telecommunications Organisation Credit Access Project Integrated Programme to Support the Judicial and Judiciary System National Environmental Management Programme National Policy on the Promotion of Women Democratic Renewal Party People’s Revolution Party of Benin Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper basic welfare indicators General Census of the Population and Housing Network for the Integration of African Women Working in NGO and African Associations Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes Structural Adjustment Programme Beninese Electricity and Water Company biological and social sciences Special Data Dissemination Standard socioeconomic development Computerised Interbank Clearing System Public Finance Information Management System small and medium enterprise small and medium industry authorised minimum wage National Company for the Marketing of Oil Products xvii