This report was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the Programme of Work and Budget of the OECD Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). The project was undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Japan and the Organization for Promoting Urban Development (MINTO).
The report was co-ordinated by Tadashi Matsumoto, Head of the National Urban Policy and Climate Resilience Unit, under the supervision of Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division in the CFE. It was drafted by David Burgalassi, Mateo Ledesma Bohorquez, Keisuke Takamatsu and Tadashi Matsumoto in the CFE. Nadim Ahmad, Deputy Director of the CFE, and Soo-Jin Kim, Deputy Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division in the CFE, provided comments on the draft. Maki Saso, independent consultant, collected background data used in the project.
The OECD Secretariat wishes to acknowledge the many representatives from the private sector and academia who shared their insights and expertise through interviews and policy dialogue. In particular, the Secretariat is grateful to the following experts: Sutee Anantsuksomsri, Chulalongkorn University, Brian Roberts, independent consultant, Setsuko Saya, Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development, Satoshi Shimizu, Japan Research Institute, and Nij Tontisirin, Thammasat University. Furthermore, thanks are extended to the experts from Mori Hamada & Matsumoto: Ryutaro Kawamura, Hiroki Kishi, Masahito Saeki, Mikio Sonoda, and Tetsu Takeuchi.
Special thanks go to Anthony Cox, Senior Policy Advisor, Ecologic Economics and former Deputy Director of the OECD Environment Directorate (ENV) for his extensive review of the draft report.
Thanks go to OECD colleagues who provided valuable contributions: Isabelle Chatry, Marie Hanagata, Rene Hohmann, Tetsuji Sugayoshi, Hiroko Suzuki, Monica Velarde Miranda, Eleanor West, Courtenay Wheeler, Sho Yamasaki, and Celia Zuberec (CFE); as well as Virginie Marchal, Cecilia Tam, and Robert Youngman (ENV).
Thanks are extended to Jack Waters in the CFE for preparing the report for publication.