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his study has been prepared by a multisectoral, multidisciplinary team led by Andrew Mason under the guidance of Bert Hofman and Sudhir Shetty. The report was written by a core team comprising Reena Badiani, Trang Van Nguyen, Katherine Patrick, Ximena Del Carpio, and Andrew Mason, with significant contributions from Jennifer Golan. Patricia Fernandes, Anne Kuriakose, Rea Chiongson, and Daniel Mont also provided substantive inputs. New data analysis for the report was carried out by Juan Feng, Reno Dewina, and Flora Nankhuni, using the East Asia and Pacific Region’s Poverty Monitoring Database. Background papers for the report were written by Sarah Iqbal, Nayda Almodovar Reteguis, Yasmin Klaudia bin Humam, Josefina Posadas, Reena Badiani, John Rang, Benedikte Bjerge, Chris Sakellariou, and Dongxiao Liu. Qualitative studies on women’s economic decision making in Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam were coordinated by Carolyn Turk and Patti L. Petesch as part of a 22-country research effort carried out under the auspices of the World Development Report 2012 on gender equality and development. Production support was provided by Lynn Yeargin, Cathryn Summers, and Mildred Gonsalvez.
The team is grateful for the ongoing support and guidance provided by members of the East Asia and Pacific Region’s management, including James Adams, Pamela Cox, Vikram Nehru, John Roome, Emmanuel Jimenez, Linda Van Gelder, Magda Lovei, Xiaoqing Yu, Annette Dixon, Victoria Kwakwa, and Coralie Gevers. The team also appreciates the support of the members of the Region’s Gender Practice Group, past and present, including Nina Bhatt, Helene Carlsson Rex, Markus Kostner, Eduardo Velez, and Lester Dally. Furthermore, the team benefitted from the ongoing interaction, c oordination, and support of the World Development Report 2012 team, namely Ana Revenga, Sudhir Shetty, Ana Maria Munoz, Carolina Sanchez-Paramo, Luis Benveniste, Markus Goldstein, Jishnu Das, and Aline Coudouel. During the report’s preparation, the team received helpful comments from four peer reviewers: Gillian Brown, Jeni K lugman, Pierella Paci, and Martin Rama. Several country teams, represented by their Country Gender Coordinators (including Laura Bailey, Edith Bowles, Yulia Immajati, Vanna Nil, Solvita Klapare, Erdene Ochir Badarch, and Pamornrat Tansanguanwong), also provided valuable feedback at various stages. xv