This study was prepared by a multidisciplinary team led by Harun Onder (lead author and Senior Economist) and Haneen Sayed (Lead Social Protection and Jobs Specialist) under the guidance of Eric Le Borgne (Practice Manager). Contributing authors (alphabetically, by field) are as follows (their affiliation is World Bank unless otherwise noted):

•• Agriculture: Bekzod Shamsiev (Senior Agriculture Economist), Garry Christensen (Consultant), Mekbib Haile (Economist), and Yulia Mitusova (Consultant)

•• Demography: Emi Suzuki (Demographer) and Georgia Christina Kosmidou (Consultant)

•• Education: Almedina Music (Economist) and Dina Abu-Ghaida (Lead Economist)

•• Energy: Javier Gustavo Inon (Consultant), Mohammed Qaradaghi (Senior Energy Specialist), Victor B. Loksha (Consultant), and Waleed Saleh I. Alsuraih (Lead Energy Specialist)

•• Environment: Andres Fernando Chamorro Elizondo (Consultant), Bjorn Klavdy Larsen (Consultant), and Craig Meisner (Senior Environmental Economist)