Acknowledgements

This publication is the result of a joint effort of the IFC and the WTO and was prepared under the guidance of Susan Lund, Vice President of Economics at the IFC, and Ralph Ossa, Chief Economist of the WTO. Nathalie Louat and Denis Medvedev of the IFC and Marc Auboin of the WTO provided leadership for the research. Marcio Cruz, Maty Konte, Francesca de Nicola, Alexandros Ragoussis and Trang Thu Tran of the IFC and Eddy Bekkers and Alexei Timofti of the WTO managed the project teams across the two organizations. Working team members included: Karlygash Dairabayeva, Milagros Deza and Gianluca Santoni of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); Stephanie Annijas, Gbenoukpo Robert Djidonou, Sarah Hebous, Ibrahim Nana, Alexander Vanezis and Ariane Volk of the IFC; and Kirti Jhunjhunwala, Saptarshi Majumdar and Ruoyi Song of the WTO.