Affiliation:
1. Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia.
2. Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (PREU), Moscow, Russia.
Abstract
The objective of the article is to analyze the institutional, political, judicial and economic reforms in the Republic of Benin from 2016 to 2021. Methodology. The specificity of the research objective requires the use of the following methods: the systems approach, the comparative analysis and the institutional method. Results. The study provides an objective understanding of the aforementioned reforms which primarily aim to improve Benin's performance in the institutional, political, judicial and economic sectors. From our analysis it results that in their great majority, the reforms in Benin are likely to improve in the long term the living conditions of the populations, placing the common interests above the personal interests. Institutional, political and judicial reforms create a framework for consolidating and modernizing democracy and the rule of law in Benin. The authors draw attention to the fact that the economic performance of Benin in recent years is mainly the result of all the reforms undertaken since 2016.