xvi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS and Development-Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC)Gendernet,the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation(SDC),the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency(SIDA),UN Women,the United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF), the United States Agency for International Development(USAID),and the United Nations Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC)55th Commission on the Status of Women. The team would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Government of Nor- way through its Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs,SDC,AUSAID,CIDA,the Government of Sweden through its Ministry for Foreign Affairs,the multi-donor Knowledge for Change Program(KCP),the Nike Foundation,the World Bank Nordic Trust Fund,and Fast Track Initiative Education Program Development Fund;as well as the in-kind support from JICA, DFID,and OECD. The team wishes to acknowledge the excellent support of the WDR production team com- prising Rebecca Sugui,Cecile Wodon,and Mihaela Stangu,and of the resource management team of Sonia Joseph and Evangeline Santo Domingo.We thank also Ivar Cederholm,Vivian Hon,Jimmy Olazo,and Irina Sergeyeva for their constant support.Other valuable assistance was provided by Gytis Kanchas and Nacer Mohamed Megherbi.Vamsee Krishna Kanchi, Swati P.Mishra,Merrell Tuck-Primdahl,and Roula Yazigi assisted the team with the website and communications. Bruce Ross-Larson was the principal editor.The Development Data Group contributed to the data appendix and was responsible for the Selected World Development Indicators. Design Symphony contributed to the design.The Office of the Publisher and GSDTR pro- vided excellent publishing,translation,and dissemination services,with special thanks to Mary Fisk,Stephen McGroarty,Nancy Lammers,Santiago Pombo-Bejarano,Denise Bergeron, Rick Ludwick,Cecile Jannotin,Hector Hernaez,and Bouchra Belfqih for their contributions.xvi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS and Development-Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) Gendernet, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), UN Women, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 55th Commission on the Status of Women. The team would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Government of Nor￾way through its Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SDC, AUSAID, CIDA, the Government of Sweden through its Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the multi-donor Knowledge for Change Program (KCP), the Nike Foundation, the World Bank Nordic Trust Fund, and Fast Track Initiative Education Program Development Fund; as well as the in-kind support from JICA, DFID, and OECD. The team wishes to acknowledge the excellent support of the WDR production team com￾prising Rebecca Sugui, Cecile Wodon, and Mihaela Stangu, and of the resource management team of Sonia Joseph and Evangeline Santo Domingo. We thank also Ivar Cederholm, Vivian Hon, Jimmy Olazo, and Irina Sergeyeva for their constant support. Other valuable assistance was provided by Gytis Kanchas and Nacer Mohamed Megherbi. Vamsee Krishna Kanchi, Swati P. Mishra, Merrell Tuck-Primdahl, and Roula Yazigi assisted the team with the website and communications. Bruce Ross-Larson was the principal editor. The Development Data Group contributed to the data appendix and was responsible for the Selected World Development Indicators. Design Symphony contributed to the design. The Offi ce of the Publisher and GSDTR pro￾vided excellent publishing, translation, and dissemination services, with special thanks to Mary Fisk, Stephen McGroarty, Nancy Lammers, Santiago Pombo-Bejarano, Denise Bergeron, Rick Ludwick, Cecile Jannotin, Hector Hernaez, and Bouchra Belfqih for their contributions