This report was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV), headed by Elsa Pilichowski, and by the UN-ESCWA Governance and Conflict Prevention Cluster, led by Tarik Alami.
The study was produced by GOV’s Open and Innovative Government Division (OIG), under the supervision of Alessandro Bellantoni, Head of the Open Government and Civic Space Unit, and by ESCWA’s Innovation Section, led by Nibal Idlebi.
The report was co-ordinated by Alessandro Bozzini (OECD) and Nibal Idlebi (ESCWA).
From the OECD, it was mainly drafted by Alessandro Bozzini with contributions and comments from Alessandro Bellantoni, Michael Jelenic, Charlotte Denise-Adam, João Vasconselos, Felipe Gonzalez Zapata, Jacob Arturo Rivera Perez, Cecilia Emilsson, Mariane Piccinin Barbieri, Ethel Tan, Jamie Berryhill, Miriam Allam, Amr Soliman, Lech Marcinkowski, and Nick Thijs.
From ESCWA, the main author is Samir Aita, President of the Circle of Arab Economists and an ESCWA consultant. The other authors are Nibal Idlebi, Younes Abouyoub and Lize Denner. Zahr Bou Ghanem and Rita Chaddad contributed to research while Mohamad Nawar Al Awa and Mirna Barbar provided comments on selected chapters.
English language editing was provided by Andrew Brenner and Meral Gedik prepared the manuscript for publication.
The OECD and ESCWA wish to acknowledge the co-operation and support of their focal points in governments and public institutions of the Arab countries for the inputs and information provided.
The OECD wishes to thank the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States for its financial support.