Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals ...

schaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), and the KfW Development
Bank. The final draft was published in German language in June 2005.
The study is based at large on existing documents such as e.g. the statistical
databases provided by international organizations (World Bank,
UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, UNSD, UNAIDS), the national MDG reports
presented by the governments of the MENA countries, UNDP’s regional
MDG report, and BMZ strategy papers. However, the author has also conducted
several interviews with representatives of the BMZ, the KfW, and
the GTZ. In addition, prior to, during, and after the BMZ workshop mentioned
above, many participants made comments and proposals for improvements
that have been taken into account in the present, revised version
of the study.
The author wishes to take this opportunity to express his gratitude to the
interview partners from the BMZ, the GTZ, and the KfW for their valuable
suggestions and comments as well as for the fact that they took their time
to talk with the author and to read the draft version of the study. He also
wishes to extend his thanks to his colleagues in the DIE, in particular to
Susanne Neubert, Guido Ashoff, and Oliver Schlumberger, all of whom
contributed numerous comments for the study.
Bonn, August 2006 Markus Loewe