The authors are very grateful to all those interviewed for this study. Many thanks also to the following peer reviewers and advisors: Rachel Scott (UNDP), Hiroko Araki (UNHCR), Cecilia Roselli (NRC) and Lydia Poole (independent consultant). The report also benefitted from informal discussions of the recommendations with Andrej Kirn (WEF), Juan Coderque and Samar al-Attar (ICRC) and the Grand Bargain Secretariat. HPG colleagues Victoria Metcalfe-Hough, Wendy Fenton and Sorcha O’Callaghan provided invaluable support and comments on the research and report.

The study could not have been completed without support from the fantastic team of Cat Langdon (Project Manager), Katie Forsythe (Editor) and Hannah Bass (Publications).

This study was commissioned and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The terms of reference for the study were consulted with the Grand Bargain Facilitation Group. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and are not necessarily shared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the Facilitation Group, or the reviewers.