Acknowledgements
The report was prepared under the overall supervision of the OECD Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, and the OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20, Gabriela Ramos.
The OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs (ELS) prepared this report under the senior leadership of Stefano Scarpetta (Director of ELS), Mark Pearson (Deputy Director of ELS), Monika Queisser (Senior Counsellor and Head of the OECD Social Policy Division) and Willem Adema (Senior Economist in the OECD Social Policy Division).
The report was written by Chris Clarke and Antonela Miho (OECD Social Policy Division), with valuable contributions by Valerie Frey (OECD Social Policy Division) and Arno Engel (OECD Directorate for Education and Skills). Kirsten Wendland, Juliane Stahl (both German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth), Christopher Prinz (OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs) and Elizabeth Shuey (OECD Directorate for Education and Skills) made valuable comments and contributions throughout the drafting process. Liv Gudmundson prepared the report for publication, with Natalie Lagorce, Lucy Hulett and Alastair Wood providing further logistical, publication and communications support.
The financial support provided by the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) for this project is gratefully acknowledged.