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xvi ■ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />

Appreciation is due to the authors of the chapters: Rabah Arezki, Reda Cherif,<br />

and John Piotrowski (International Monetary Fund), John O’Brien (Ireland<br />

Industrial Development Agency), Peter Nijkamp (University of Amsterdam),<br />

Christian Ost (ICHEC Brussels Management School), Martin Rama (World<br />

Bank); Eduardo Rojas (University of Pennsylvania, formerly with the Inter-<br />

American Development Bank), Francesca Romana Medda, Simone Caschili, and<br />

Marta Modelewska (University College London), Donovan Rypkema (University<br />

of Pennsylvania), and David Th rosby (Macquarie University). Several experts<br />

provided background papers to strengthen the concept note: Gianni Carbonaro<br />

(European Investment Bank, background papers on urban regeneration), Rudy<br />

D’Alessandro (US National Park Service, background papers on parks management),<br />

Christer Gustafsson (Heritage Halland, background paper on creative<br />

industries), Patrizia Lombardi (Turin Polytechnic University, background paper<br />

on tourism), Randall Mason (University of Pennsylvania, background paper on<br />

heritage conservation), Damia’ Moragues and Jordi Pardo (Foundation Barcelona<br />

Media, background paper on tourism), and Pier Luigi Sacco (IUAV Venice University,<br />

background paper on cultural economics).<br />

A World Bank steering committee guided the team and included: Stefania<br />

Abakerli, Anthony Bigio, Katrinka Ebbe, Christianna Johnnides, Stephen Karam,<br />

Chantal Reliquet, Victor Vergara, and Mark Woodward.<br />

At various stages of the project, World Bank staff members served as internal<br />

peer reviewers: Janis Bernstein, Brian Blankespoor, Roberto Chavez, Ahmed<br />

Eiweida, Mila Freire, Nancy Lozano Gracia, Sarah Keener, Mihaly Kopanyi,<br />

Martin Henry Lenihan, Shaun Mann, Catherine Mathieu, Robert Maurer, Hannah<br />

Messerli, Pedro Ortiz, Nicolas Perrin, Monica Rivero, Taimur Samad, Roy Van<br />

der Weide, Hyoung Gun Wang, Shenhua Wang, and Belinda Yuen. Moreover,<br />

external peer reviewers ensured inclusiveness and further quality control: Nada<br />

al Hassan (UNESCO), Jyoti Hosagrahar (Columbia University), Fiora Luzzatto<br />

(formerly with Molise University), Fernanda Magalhaes ( Inter-American Development<br />

Bank), Alfons Martinell (Girona University), Stefaan Poortman (Global<br />

Heritage Fund), Anna Trigona (Council of Europe), Jurien Van Der Taas (Aga<br />

Khan Trust for Culture), and Ron Van Oers (UNESCO). Th e Cultural Heritage<br />

and Sustainable Tourism Th ematic Group, a community of practice of about<br />

150 staff members, provided data and facts on World Bank-fi nanced projects.<br />

Katrinka Ebbe (Senior Cultural Heritage Specialist) produced the boxes on these<br />

projects.<br />

Francesco Bandarin (UNESCO Assistant Director General for Culture),<br />

Gustavo Araoz (President, International Council on Monuments and Sites, ICO-<br />

MOS), and Luigi Fusco Girard (Chair, ICOMOS International Scientifi c Committee<br />

on the Economics of Conservation) off ered guidance. Partner organizations<br />

shared material and data, notably the United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and

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