Africa: Response to peer review dismal, says SA finance minister

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said it was shameful that a year after the African peer-review mechanism was launched, less than half of African countries had signed up to be independently reviewed. The peer-review process is an integral part of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) a programme to boost economic development in Africa. Countries are urged to voluntarily sign up to the peer-review mechanism, which would allow independent analysts to assess political, economic and corporate governance in a country.