Acknowledgments

This Guidebook is the result of intensive collaboration between the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Washington Group and focal points in member States and was prepared by the Statistical Policies and Coordination Unit in the Statistics Division. The author is Neda Jafar, Head of the Statistical Policies and Coordination Unit, and in collaboration with the Washington Group under the overall guidance of Juraj Riecan, Director of the Statistics Division. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia is also grateful to Dana Soussi, Research Assistant, for her detailed review of the draft report.