This report was written by Piera Tortora and Jonathan Barnes, under the overall supervision of Olivier Cattaneo and Haje Schütte. In Chapter 3, the section on triangular co-operation was co-authored with Nadine Piefer and the section on regional approaches with Gay Tejada (PARIS21 Secretariat). Statistical data support was provided by Cécilia Piemonte and Valérie Thielemans.
Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) are acknowledged for their useful feedback, namely Australia, Austria, Germany, Hungry, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Financial support and expert consultations with officials from Australia and New Zealand are kindly acknowledged.
The authors would like to acknowledge the following individuals and experts for their comments and advice on earlier versions of the report: Gail Hurley, United Nations Development Programme, Naresha Duraiswamy, World Bank Secretariat of Small States Forum, Natalie Cooke, (Cook Islands), and Kevin Hogan, as well as OECD colleagues: Wiebke Bartz, Juan Casado Asensio, Emilio Chiofalo, Paul Horrocks, He Yeon Ji, Antonia Leroy, Roger Martini, Rahul Malhotra, Rachel Morris and Cushla Thompson.
The report was prepared for publication under the direction of Henri‑Bernard Solignac Lecomte and Stacey Bradbury with editorial support from Romy de Courtay. The report was designed by Corinne Hayworth and laid out by Stacey Bradbury and Maria Petit-Breuilh David. Stephanie Coic prepared the cover image. Anne-Lise Prigent from the Public Affairs and Communications Directorate provided editorial and content oversight.