Acknowledgements

The World Economic and Social Survey is the annual flagship publication on major development issues prepared by Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (UN/DESA). This year’s Survey was prepared under the general supervision and leadership of Rob Vos, Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD) of UN-DESA. Richard Kozul-Wright led the team that prepared the report. The core team at DPAD included Imran Ahmad, Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Nazrul Islam, Alex Julca, Oliver Paddison and Mariangela Parra. Alex Izurieta, also of DPAD, provided the model simulations presented in chapters I and IV. Important guidance for the overall analysis was provided by Tariq Banuri of the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) of UN-DESA, who, together with David O’Connor, Chantal Line Carpentier and Fred Soltau, provided the principal inputs to chapters II and V of the report. Manuel Montes and Frank Schroeder of the Financing for Development Office of UN-DESA provided principal inputs to chapter VI. Jan McAlpine and Barbara Tavora-Jainchill of the secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests provided inputs to chapters III and VI.

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