THE OBJECTIVES OF THE APRM 
The peer review is a mechanism voluntarily agreed upon by African states themselves to monitor progress in governance and good practices in four thematic areas, namely democracy and political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance and socio-economic governance. These thematic areas 
incorporate the critical preconditions for progress highlighted by NEPAD’s declaration, but they include many other aspects of governance to be evaluated. The objective of the evaluation is to make policies and practices of member states of the APRM, and eventually all African states, conform to commonly accepted African and Global governance standards. Those standards are already mentioned in a list available as one of the documents of the APRM. Following the evaluation, it is envisaged that experiences of various African countries will be shared, deficiencies pointed out, best practices encouraged and needs addressed.