This report was prepared under the responsibility of Pilar Garrido, Director for Development Co-operation, OECD, by a team in the Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD) comprised of Leonardo Altieri, Clémence Decisy, Abdoulaye Fabregas and Marius Guérin under the overall supervision of Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte (Head of Unit, Architecture and Analysis) and Olivier Cattaneo (Special Advisor to the Director). Jieun Kim provided advice on policy analysis at various stages of the drafting process. Harsh Desai and Ogulcan Ertunc provided guidance on statistical approaches.
The report has benefitted from the contributions of many colleagues. Emily Bosch, Olivier Bouret, Eleanor Carey, Tea Cimini, Harsh Desai, Ogulcan Ertunc, Cyprien Fabre, Anthony Kiernan, Jieun Kim, Rachel Morris, Valentina Orru, Cecilia Piemonte and Lou Turroques (DCD), and Laura Castillo Gutiérrez, Gaia Castori, Cecilia Corsini, Erik Engberg, Edward Hainsworth, Erika MacLaughlin, William Norris, Patrick Saez and Carolina Testoni (MOPAN) have all significantly helped improve the report and the authors are grateful for their substantive comments.
The report benefitted from consultations with external partners from research institutes, academia and multilateral organisations, including: Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, University of Glasgow, United Nations Development Coordination Office, UNESCO and the German Development Evaluation Institute (DEval). Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) provided overall strategic guidance.
Katie Black, Meria Greco, Angie Lee and Rai Santana facilitated the publication and communications process, and Joelle Bassoul provided strategic communications advice. The authors are also grateful for the support received from Stephanie Coic on graphic design and from Aline Renert-Djian on administrative co-ordination, as well as for the editorial support provided by Fiona Hinchcliffe.