This book has been a collective endeavor and has been enriched by contributions from both inside and outside the OECD. We would like to thank the contributing authors for their close collaboration, rigorous analysis, and enthusiasm for the topic. The research presented here has benefited from the comments of staff in the OECD’s Economics Department and other departments and we thank the reviewers for their careful feedback, which strengthened the arguments.
We are indebted to the authorities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru for their insights, and to the ministerial conference hosts on Productivity and Informality in Peru for providing a platform to launch this book.
Rosario Hernando Cruz and Gemma Martinez of the OECD’s Economics Department provided excellent administrative assistance, and we are grateful for their excellent work. We also thank Veronique Gindrey, Mónica Quinza Armenta, Mafalda Trincão and Isabella Medina for their excellent research assistance and to Francois Iglesias and Laura Fortin for communication support.
Jens Matthias Arnold
Aida Caldera Sánchez
Editors