The OPEC Fund Quarterly is published four times a year by the OPEC Fund for International Development.


The OPEC Fund is the development finance agency established in January 1976 by the Member States of OPEC (the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) to promote South-South cooperation by extending development assistance to non-OPEC developing countries.


The OPEC Fund Quarterly is available free-of-charge. If you wish to be included on the distribution list, please contact us via opecfund.org. Back issues of the magazine can be found on our website.


The OPEC Fund Quarterly welcomes articles and photos on development-related topics, but cannot guarantee publication. Manuscripts, together with a brief biographical note on the author, may be submitted to the Editor for consideration.


The contents of this publication do not necessarily reflect the official views of the OPEC Fund or its Member Countries. Any maps are for illustration purposes only and are not to be taken as accurate representations of borders. Editorial material may be freely reproduced, providing the OPEC Fund Quarterly is credited as the source. A copy to the Editor would be appreciated.


PUBLISHERS THE OPEC FUND Parkring 8, P.O. Box 995, A-1010 Vienna, Austria


Tel: (+43-1) 51564-0 Fax: (+43-1) 51392-38


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EXECUTIVE EDITOR Tarek Sherlala EDITOR Steve Hughes DEPUTY EDITOR Anna Ilaria-Mayrhofer CONTRIBUTORS Dr Lilian Al-Bazaz, Silvia Mateyka, Natalia Salazar PHOTOGRAPHS Abdullah Alipour Jeddi, Carlos Opitz (unless otherwise credited) PRODUCTION Susanne Dillinger DESIGN Susanne Dillinger in association with More Tea Design Ltd


COVER ILLUSTRATION


Robin Turton @ More Tea Design Ltd PHOTOS: Ministry of Environment, Maldives (ray); stockphoto-graf/Shutterstock.com (coral/fish); Daniel Huebner/Shutterstock.com (flying fish); Jag_cz /Shutterstock.com (splash); Alones/Shutterstock.com (sea); vladimir3d/Shutterstock.com (wave); Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock.com (turtle); V_E/Shutterstock.com (island)


PRINTED IN AUSTRIA Druckerei Odysseus This publication is printed on paper produced from responsibly managed forests.


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