africa: Nepad peer review 'voluntary'

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) peer review mechanism (PRM) is a voluntary process and nine countries have already signed up for the review, Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, the chairman of the Nepad Steering Committee, said on Wednesday. "Ghana is likely to be the first candidate of the peer review mechanism. We should appoint the independent panel of experts in the next two months and the process should start shortly thereafter," Nkuhlu said.