This Handbook, Public-Private Partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook for Policy-Makers, is the result of a collaborative effort that began in December 2013 under the Investment Security in the Mediterranean (ISMED) Support Programme, with the financial assistance of the European Commission.
It was developed under the overall guidance of Anthony O'Sullivan, Deputy Director of the Global Relations Secretariat (OECD) and was written and edited by Andrew Fitzpatrick, Véronique Zovaro and Sabri Draia, ISMED Support Programme.
Valuable input and material was provided at various stages of drafting by Carlos Conde, Head, MENA Division, Global Relations Secretariat (OECD); Nicola Ehlermann-Cache, Head, MENA-OECD Investment Programme; Marie-Estelle Rey, Senior Advisor, MENA-OECD Investment Programme; Mohamed-Amine Sabibi and Yasmin Rezig, MENA-OECD Investment Programme.
The text was reviewed by Carl Dawson, Advisor, Global Relations Secretariat, OECD; Carole Biau, Policy Analyst, Investment Division, Directorate for Enterprise Affairs, OECD; and Ian Hawkesworth, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD.
Special thanks to the members of the ISMED Advisory Committee for their constant guidance and support throughout the work of the ISMED Support Programme: Fernando Nino-Page and Jean-Louis Lavroff, European Commission ; Olivier Lambert, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ; Francesco Totaro, European Investment Bank ; Andrea Engel and Lorenzo Nelli-Feroci, International Finance Corporation ; Benoit Mauduit, Agence Française de Développement ; Irina Kravchenko, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; Manuel Fernandez-Riveiro, Union for the Mediterranean; Christoph Krieger, KfW; Luigi De Pierris, African Development Bank ; and Hasan M. Mahmud, Islamic Development Bank.
The publication was edited and prepared for publication by Vanessa Vallée.