Acknowledgements

This report was prepared under the overall direction of Cai Cai, Chief, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Section, Social Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

The report was drafted and prepared by Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change, with the assistance of Nandini Chami, Senior Research Associate, IT for Change. National consultants for the country studies were Jan McConchie (Australia), Susanna Kelly and Roshika Deo (Republic of Fiji), Maria Macapagal and Mina Peralta (Philippines), and Jung-soo Kim (Republic of Korea).

Key substantive input and support was provided by Sayuri Cocco Okada. In addition, Matthew Perkins, Michael Riggs, Diana Rodriguez and Robert de Jesus gave insightful feedback and comments on drafts of the report. We also acknowledge the important contributions and insights from the United Nations Project Office on Governance, in particular from the Head of Office, Jae-hong Lim, and of the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, especially Vincenzo Aquaro and Adriana Alberti.

The graphic design and layout were developed by Daniel Feary.

This report was made possible with the generous funding of the Korean-ESCAP Cooperation Funds.

 


 

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May 2016