The Vade-mecum was compiled by the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy of the University of Antwerp. 

Promotors of the project are Bea Cantillon and Karel Van den Bosch, with Tim Van Rie as researcher.
Wim Van Lancker, Thijs Callens, Olivier Pintelon and Elisabeth Bulcke each made considerable contributions to the project.

The authors would like to thank the delegates of the Indicators' Sub-group of the Social Protection Committee for their valuable comments on previous versions of the Vade-mecum.   

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