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AcknowledgmentsThis book was prepared by a team led by Soong SupLee under the management of Neil Fantom and comprisingAzita Amjadi, Liu Cui, Federico Escaler, MahyarEshragh-Tabary, Juan Feng, Masako Hiraga, WendyVen-dee Huang, Bala Bhaskar Naidu Kalimili, BuyantKhaltarkhuu, Elysee Kiti, Alison Kwong, Ibrahim Levent,Hiroko Maeda, Johan Mistiaen, Vanessa Moreirada Silva, Maurice Nsabimana, Beatriz Prieto-Oramas,William Prince, Evis Rucaj, Rubena Sukaj, Emi Suzuki,Eric Swanson, Jomo Tariku, Rasiel Victor Vellos, andOlga Victorovna Vybornaia, working closely with otherteams in the Development Economics Vice Presidency’sDevelopment Data Group.World Development Indicators electronic productswere prepared by a team led by Reza Farivari and comprisingYing Chi, Jean‐Pierre Djomalieu, Ramgopal Erabelly,Shelley Fu, Gytis Kanchas, Siddhesh Kaushik,Ugendran Machakkalai, Nacer Megherbi, ShanmugamNatarajan, Parastoo Oloumi, Manish Rathore, AshishShah, Atsushi Shimo, Malarvizhi Veerappan, andVera Wen.All work was carried out under the direction ofShaida Badiee. Valuable advice was provided byTito Cordella, Doerte Doemeland, Zia M. Qureshi, andDavid Rosenblatt.The choice of indicators and text content was shapedthrough close consultation with and substantial contributionsfrom staff in the World Bank’s four thematicnetworks—Sustainable Development, Human Development,Poverty Reduction and Economic Management,and Financial and Private Sector Development—andstaff of the International Finance Corporation and theMultilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. Most important,the team received substantial help, guidance, anddata from external partners. For individual acknowledgmentsof contributions to the book’s content, seeCredits. For a listing of our key partners, see Partners.Communications Development Incorporated providedoverall design direction, editing, and layout,led by Meta de Coquereaumont, Jack Harlow, BruceRoss-Larson, and Christopher Trott. Elaine Wilson createdthe cover and graphics and typeset the book.Peter Grundy, of Peter Grundy Art & Design, and DianeBroadley, of Broadley Design, designed the report.Staff from The World Bank’s Office of the Publisheroversaw printing and dissemination of the book.iv World Development Indicators 2013 Front ? User guide World view People Environment