## Acknowledgments

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### Preparation and scope
- The Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook (REO) is prepared annually by the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD).
- The analysis and projections contained in the MCD REO are integral elements of the Department’s surveillance of economic developments and policies in 31 member countries.
- It draws primarily on information gathered by MCD staff through their consultations with member countries.

### Coordination and direction
- The analysis in this report was coordinated under the general supervision of Jihad Azour (Director of MCD).
- The project was directed by:
  - Daniela Gressani (Deputy Director in MCD)
  - Allison Holland (Chief of MCD’s Regional Studies Division)
  - Martin Sommer (Deputy Chief of MCD’s Regional Studies Division)

### Primary contributors
- Sangyup Choi
- Alexei Kireyev
- Maxym Kryshko
- Inutu Lukonga
- Boaz Nandwa
- Magali Pinat
- Juan Treviño
- Bruno Versailles

### Other contributors
- Olumuyiwa Adedeji
- Botir Baltabaev
- Mohammed El Qorchi
- Edward Gemayel
- Matteo Ghilardi
- Mark Horton
- Tarak Jardak
- Lorraine Ocampos
- Lukas Pender Kohler
- Gaëlle Pierre
- Stéphane Roudet
- Issouf Samake
- Sohaib Shahid
- Robert Tchaidze
- Mercedes Vera Martin
- Helen Wagner
- Sebastien Walker
- Ling Zhu

### Database, research, and editorial support
- Managed the database and computer systems and provided research assistance:
  - Gohar Abajyan
  - Sebastián Herrador
  - Jorge de León Miranda
- Additional research support:
  - James Aylward
  - Brian Hiland
  - Samira Kalla
- Word processing and document management:
  - Esther George
  - Bianca Perez
- Reviewed translations (in coordination with Yelena Eydinova):
  - Gohar Abajyan
  - Mansour Almalik
  - Marwa Al-Nasaa
  - Ali Manea M. Alreshan
  - Hanan Altimimi
  - Alexei Kireyev
  - Anta Ndoye
  - Magali Pinat
  - Gazi Shbaikat
  - Fang Yang
- Managed the editorial and production process:
  - Linda Long of the Communications Department

*Source: 1-acknowledgments*

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