Gaëlle Balineau, Arthur Bauer, Martin Kessler, and Nicole Madariaga prepared this volume, with contributions from Mohammed Aderghal, Antoine Boyet, Eduardo Brisson, Marie-Françoise Calmette, Jean-René Cuzon, Lou D’Angelo, Alix Françoise, Tarik Harroud, Frédéric Lançon, Sylvaine Lemeilleur, Paule Moustier, Bruno Romagny, and Max Rousseau. The volume was based on research conducted in Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco, and Niger under the supervision of Sylvaine Lemeilleur, Max Rousseau, Frédéric Lançon, Paule Moustier, Lou D’Angelo, Mohammed Aderghal, Eduardo Brisson, Antoine Boyet, Bruno Romagny, and Tarik Harroud.

The research program and this volume draw on a broad series of workshops conducted from 2014 to 2019 at Agence française de développement (AFD) headquarters in Paris. Entitled “Rethinking the Role of Markets,” the series was initiated by Gaëlle Henry and Marjolaine Cour and produced by Gaëlle Balineau, Nicole Madariaga, Alix Françoise, and Jean-René Cuzon, with the active involvement of François Giraudy, Florence Mouton, Irène Salenson, and Claude Torre. The research program could not have taken place without assistance from Cyrille Bellier, Marie Bjorson-Langen, Vincent Caupin, Karine de Frémont, Hélène Djoufelkit, Gilles Kleitz, and Anne Odic at AFD headquarters; from Bruno Leclerc, Olivier Pannetier, and Christelle Josselin for the Côte d’Ivoire case; from Eric Baulard, Anne Sophie Kervella, and Caroline Abt for the Morocco case; and from Phillipe Renault, Habibou Boubacar, and Laureline Triby for the Niger case. The authors thank Thomas Mélonio, Sophie Chauvin, Christoph Haushofer, Alain Joly, Ibtissam Qaddi, and Françoise Tiffoin for their copyediting and prepublication support of the original French version. They also extend thanks to Suzan Nolan and BlueSky International for this meticulous translation into English.

The authors particularly wish to thank everyone who enhanced their thinking through participation in meetings and workshops: Thomas Allen, Sabrina Archambault, Christine Aubry, Pierre-Arnaud Barthel, Laure de Biasi, Céline Bignebat, Antoine Boyet, Nicolas Bricas, Xavier Brusseau, Laure Criqui,Anne-Cecile Daniel, Clémentine Dardy, Etienne David, Marie-Jo Demante,Charlotte Durand, Roxane Fages, Nicolas Faugère, Jean-Luc François, Karine Frouin, Sylvanie Godillon, Guillaume Graff, Cyriaque Hattemer, Philipp Heinrigs, Raphael Jozan, Gauthier Kholer, Karine Lagarde, Clément Larrue,William Le Bec, Nicolas Le Guen, Juliette Le Pannerer, Laurent Levard, Simona Logreco, Guillaume Meric, Benjamin Michelon, Alexandra Monteiro, Chloé Pinty, Justine Plourde Dehaumont, François Poisbeau, Gwenaelle Raton,Corinne Ropital, Sandra Rullière, Thomas Sanchez, Marie-Hélène Schwoob, Alexis Sierra, Guillaume Soullier, Sébastien Subsol, Marie-Cécile Thirion, Cédric Touquet, Hélène Vidon, Claire Vige Hélie, Laurence Wilhem, Claire Zanuso, and Pauline Zeiger.

The authors also acknowledge the invaluable contributions made to this volume by anonymous reviewers.