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M APRM REPORT AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM NO. 6 APRM COUNTRY REVIEW REPORT REPUBLIC OF BENIN JANUARY 2008 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW MECHANISM (APRM) AND PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS APRM Participating Countries As of 31 August 2007, the following are the APRM Participating Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia African Peer Review (APR) Panel of Eminent Persons Prof. Adebayo Adedeji of Nigeria, representing West Africa (Chair) Prof. Dorothy Njeuma of Cameroon, representing Central Africa (Member) Mrs Marie-Angélique Savané of Senegal, representing West Africa (Member, leading the Benin review process) Prof. Mohammed Seghir Babés of Algeria, representing North Africa (Member) Ambassador Bethuel Kiplagat of Kenya, representing East Africa (Member) Dr Graça Machel of Mozambique, representing Southern Africa (Member) Dr Chris Stals of South Africa, representing Southern Africa (Member) APR Secretariat Unit A101; Gateway Park Corner Challenger & Columbia Avenue Midridge Park 1685 Tel: 011 256 3401 Fax: 011 256 3456 www.nepad.org/aprm i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The APR Panel of Eminent Persons is pleased to present its review report on Benin. An undertaking such as this is clearly impossible without the extraordinary goodwill and contribution of a large number of people. The panel would therefore like to acknowledge the unfailing support of the Beninese people and, in particular, the personal involvement and availability of His Excellency Dr Thomas Boni Yayi, president of the Republic of Benin, and his predecessor, His Excellency Mr Mathieu Kérékou, who set the country on the APRM path.
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