Acknowledgements

This report was prepared under the general direction and guidance of Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and under the substantive direction of Aynul Hasan, Officer-in-Charge, a.i., and Syed Nuruzzaman, Chief of Countries with Special Needs Section, of the Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division. The report was prepared by Clovis Freire, Economic Affairs Officer, Macroeconomic Policy and Development Division. Other contributions from the Division came from Zheng Jian, who provided substantive inputs, and Alberto Isgut, Daniel Jeongdae Lee, Marin Yari, Naylin Oo, Oliver Paddison, Shuvojit Banerjee, Steve Gui-Diby, Sudip Basu and Vatcharin Sirimaneetham, who provided valuable advice and comments. Achara Jantarasaengaram, Pannipa Ongwisedpaiboon, Patchara Arunsuwannakorn, and Sutinee Yeamkitpibul provided research assistance. Arpaporn Chomcherngpat undertook all administrative processing necessary for the issuance of the publication. The manuscript was edited by Kim Atkinson.

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