This report has been prepared by a team of historians participating in the Clio-Infra project. Individual chapters of the report have been prepared by Jutta Bolt and Jan Luiten van Zanden (Chapter 2); Oisín Gilmore (Chapter 3); Peter Lindert (Chapter 4); Guido Alfani and Sonia Schifano (Chapter 5); Lamar Crombach, Jeroen Smits and Christiaan Monden (Chapter 6); Bas van Leeuwen and Jieli Li (Chapter 7); Selin Dilli, Sarah Carmichael and Auke Rijpma (Chapter 8); Michail Moatsos (Chapter 9); Thomas van Goethem and Jan Luiten van Zanden (Chapter 10); and Auke Rijpma (Chapter 11). Statistical assistance in the production of tables and figures has been provided by Vararat Atisophon, from the OECD Development Centre, while editorial assistance was provided by Helena Cordasev. Anne-Lise Faron, WISE Publications and Event Coordinator, prepared the manuscript for publication; Sonia Primot designed the cover and Martine Zaida, WISE Communications, Partnership and Forum Manager, provided advice on communication aspects. Coordination of the report has been ensured by Marco Mira d’Ercole (OECD) and Jan Luiten van Zanden, Mikołaj Malinowski and Auke Rijpma (all at Utrecht University).
The authors of the individual chapters have benefitted from comments provided by the coordinators of the report, by other members of the Clio-Infra team, as well as by participants and discussants at a workshop organised by the OECD in cooperation with Clio-Infra held in Paris in 2019. Special thanks to Stephen Broadberry (University of Oxford), Guido Alfani (Bocconi University), Daniel Waldenström (Paris School of Economics), Rosie Seaman (University of Stirling), Jan Luiten van Zanden (Utrecht University), Mikolaj Szołtysek (University of Warsaw), Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Carlos III University), Aafke Schipper (Radboud University), Peter Van de Ven (OECD), Pascal Marianna (OECD), Willem Adema (OECD), Carlotta Balestra (OECD), Fabrice Murtin (OECD), William Thorn (OECD), Lorenzo Pavone (OECD), Alex Kolev (OECD), Katia Karousakis (OECD) and Romina Boarini (OECD) for commenting on various chapters.