Abdullahi played a lead role in the overall design and development of the human capital development project as a whole and contributed significantly to the design and development of the education chapter as well as the presentations and workshops for stakeholders.

As the Executive Director of HIPS and the lead organization of the project, Abdirashid played a key role in the overall research design as well as the coordination of the project. He also helped build partnerships with all levels of government and contributed to quality assurance and relations with funders. Abdirashid also extensively contributed to the development of the national human capital development strategy.

Abdulkareem led the human capital development project team and played a key role in the overall coordination of the project, particularly in government relations with both the Federal Government and the Federal Member States. He has also played a key role in quality assurance, liaising with the funder as well as the preparation of the final report. Abdulkareem extensively contributed to the development of the national human capital development strategy.

Abdi, an internationally recognized sociologist, led the methodological design of the project and provided overall guidance and direction for the HCD research project. He is also the co-author of the education chapter and extensively contributed to the development of the national human capital development strategy.

Ali is a former Health and Environment of Puntland Minister. He authored the health chapter and contributed to the design of the education strategy.

Abdirahman is a former Puntland State Minister of Fisheries. He authored the fisheries chapter.

Hussein is a preeminent agriculture scientist and the Executive Director of SATG. He authored the agriculture and livestock chapter

Mohamed contributed to the agriculture and livestock chapter.

Mursal played a key role in the research coordination, resource mobilization, management and design of the Annual Forum for Ideas (AFI) as well as building partnerships with all levels of governments;

Uweis, a PhD candidate in human capital development, was responsible for the coordination of the overall project activities. He is the lead author of the labor chapter, co-author of the education chapter and extensively contributed to the development of the national human capital development strategy.

Lee developed human capital and private sector development options for Somalia Stability Fund PhaseII, including the HCDM concept note. He consulted throughout the HCD project and provided extensive feedback on all chapters. Lee authored the rationale section of the HCD that focused on global benchmarks and lessons learned from other contexts and extensively contributed to the development of the national human capital development strategy.

Abdirizak co-authored the education chapter and contributed to the labor chapter

Ayan coordinated program management, funder relations and contributed to the labor chapter.

Abdullahi contributed significantly to the methodological design of the project and led the quantitative and qualitative data collection, management and contributed data analysis.

Peter is a peacebuilding consultant with 10 years of experience working in East Africa. He is the former Somalia Country Director for Saferworld. He is a widely-published writer and editor on a range of international affairs. He received a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies from Williams College.

Awil undertook the final copyediting of the Somali and English versions to help improve the overall readability and that the style of the text is consistent throughout.

Hawa reviewed all chapters and contributed to improving the final drafts.

Lisa is a UK-based freelance journalist and editor. She copy edited and proofread the baseline studies and all other written material produced by the researchers and HIPS staff throughout the project.

Deka oversaw the smooth operation of the project in terms of resource allocation and finance.

Muhudin provided administrative, finance and logistical support for the HCDM project.

Anisa led overall design of the baseline studies and the strategy document and contributed to the development of the dedicated human capital development website.

Hussein played a lead role in the dissemination of the human capital development strategy and its multimedia presentation.

Ahmed played an important role in data collection, transcription and research support for the health and fisheries chapters.

Abdirizak played an important role in data collection and transcription.

Ayan played important role in data collection and transcription.

Mohamed played important role in data collection and transcription.