Countries and Regions

Acknowledgements

This report was produced by the following core team: Reena Badiani-Magnusson and Emilia Skrok (co-TTLs); Kristina Vaughan; Cristina Savescu; Michal Tulwin; Paulina Holda; Andrzej Halesiak and Anna Karpets; together with Michal Myck and Kajetan Trzczinski (CenEA). Managerial guidance and direction were provided by Gallina Andronova Vincelette (Regional Director, EU Member States and former Practice Manager, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, Europe and Central Asia) Arup Banerji (former Regional Director, EU Member States) and Salman Zaidi (Practice Manager, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, Europe and Central Asia). The peer reviewers were Bob Rijkers (Senior Economist, World Bank); Enrique Blanco Aramas (Lead Economist, World Bank) and Mona Prasad (Lead Economist, World Bank).