This report was prepared under the overall strategic guidance of Suzanne Steensen, Head of the MOPAN Secretariat, and under the supervision of Patrick Saez, Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Unit for Insights. Jolanda Profos, senior advisor and PSEAH lead, was the lead author of the study; Megan Euceda, junior policy analyst, co-authored the report. They were supported by Erika McLaughlin, senior advisor, and Carolina Testoni, intern.
Moira Reddick (Independent Expert), Dean Laplonge (Independent Expert) and Anna Gawn (Social Development Direct) provided quality assurance and valuable comments and inputs to this publication. The MFI SEAH Working Group and the Advisory Group with whom we held consultations have played a key role in developing the research questions; the Advisory Group provided oversight.
The report was edited by Debbie Glassman. Alex Bilodeau provided layout and graphic design. Coordination of the editing, design and layout process was done by James Cornsilk and Camille Hewitt.
The team gratefully acknowledges the Advisory Group for their significant contribution and support for the development and finalisation of this report, including Peter Taylor, Karen Williams and Jennifer Smith (FCDO/UK), Soraya Hassanali and Dominique La Rochelle (CAN), Meike Keldenich, Marijn Clevers, and Danielle Teeuwen (NLD), Maria Amelia Viteri Burbano (IDB), Andrea Cullinan (IFC), and Daniela Greco (World Bank). Special thanks go to experts on GBVH, PSEAH, gender, risk, harassment, ethics and HR from ADB, AfDB, EBRD, IDB, IFAD, the World Bank Group and other institutions for the time they have invested to participate in interviews, respond queries, fact-check the report and provide advice.
Finally, MOPAN is grateful to all Steering Committee representatives and its member countries for their financial contributions, making the report possible.