ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This study is prepared by Murat Deliçay, Expert at the COMCEC Coordination Office.
Ahmet Okur (COMCEC Coordination Office) provided support in collecting data from
different resources. Views and opinions expressed in the report are solely those of the
author(s) and do not represent the official views of the COMCEC Coordination Office or the
Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Excerpts from the report can be
made as long as references are provided. All intellectual and industrial property rights for the
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The author is grateful to Dr. Jamel Zarrouk (IDB), Clay Kerswell and Alina Monica Antoci
(World Bank), Tom Butterly (UNECE), Dr. Mohammed Saeed, John David and Fathi Ben
Ayed (UNCTAD) and Syed Habib Ahmed (ITFC) for reviewing the draft of the study and
sharing their comments and suggestions with the author.
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