Acknowledgments This report was prepared by a team led by Jiro Tominaga. The analyses were carried out under the guidance of Ali Khadr (Senior Manager) and the direction of Caroline Heider (Director-General, Evaluation). Stephan Wegner coordinated the analyses related to the International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Stephen Pirozzi co-task managed the report through late March 2012. The team consisted of Geeta Batra, Nicholas Burke, Unurjargal Demberel, Monica Dorhoi, Juan Jose Fernandez-Ansola, Olivier Fraisse, Hiroyuki Hatashima, Harry Hatry (Urban Institute), Victor Malca, Katie Mark (Urban Institute), Bidjan Nashat, Nestor Ntungwanayo, Carla Pazce, Melissa Rekas, Aurora Medina Siy, Anthony Tyrrell, Yoshine Uchimura, Melvin Vaz, and Clay Wescott. Peer reviewers were Shahrokh Fardoust (former Director for Operations and Strategy, World Bank Development Economics Vice Presidency), Bert Hofman (Chief Economist, East Asia and Pacific Region), Fredrik Korfker (former Chief Evaluator, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), and AmĂŠdĂŠe Prouvost (Senior Advisor to the World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer). Management and colleagues of the Independent Evaluation Group provided helpful guidance and comments, including Ana Belen Barbeito, Susan Caceres, Soniya Carvalho, Anis Dani, Adesimi Freeman, Gita Gopal, Patrick Grasso, Daniela Gressani, R. Pablo Guerrero O., John Heath, Emmanuel Jimenez, Kelly Andrews Johnson, Anjali Kumar, Beata Lenard, Midori Makino, Kavita Mathur, Ketevan Nozadze, Cherian Samuel, Pia Schneider, Mark Sundberg, and Marvin Taylor-Dormond. William Hurlbut and Heather Dittbrenner edited the report. Vikki Taaka provided administrative support to the team and assisted with report production.
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