Core Team

The report team was led by Mary Shirley.

The principal co-authors were Ahmed Galal and Mary Shirley; Philip Keefer was the principal author of chapter 4. Sections draw heavily on work by Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Ross Levine (finance), Alan Gelb and I.J. Singh (transition economies), and Hafeez Shaikh (management contracts).

Bharat Nauriyal compiled the statistical appendix and provided research assistance.

Other assistance was provided by Abdalla Gergis, Rebecca Hife and Clemencia Torres. Herbert Baer wrote box 2.9, Gerard Caprio wrote box 5.3, and David Wheeler wrote box 1.3. The report was produced under the direction of Lyn Squire and Michael Bruno

Lawrence MacDonald was the principal editor. The editorial-production team for the report was led by Jenepher Moseley; with additional help from Luke Haggarty, Audrey Heiligman, and Bill Moore. Polly Means produced the graphics. Alfred Imhoff provided additional editorial advice. The support staff team was led by Zeny Kranzer and included Daniele Evans, Bill Moore, and Paulina Sintim-Aboagye.