OUTPUT 2: FOCUS COUNTRY SELECTION VOTING The voting activity clearly identified the Dominican Republic as a front-runner to focus on. The MENA region and Thailand also emerged as potential candidates. The Evaluation Team reviewed the complementarity of the countries selected and recognized the aspect of gender discrimination in nationality laws was limited in the selected countries. Upon further review, Nepal was re-introduced as a potential candidate. While only two countries of focus were originally contemplated in the SOW, the Evaluation Team decided, with PRM’s approval, to develop three countries of focus. The three ultimately chosen included the Dominican Republic, Nepal, and Thailand. The three selected countries allowed the evaluation to highlight a breadth of PRM-supported initiatives to prevent and reduce statelessness. 50