ERNEST ARYEETEY Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, LegonMINA BALIAMOUNE-LUTZ Associate Professor of Economics, University of North Florida, USASALVATORE CAPASSO Associate Professor of Economics, University of Naples, 'Parthenope', ItalyPANICOS DEMETRIADES Professor of Financial Economics, Department of Economics, University of Leicester, UKBASSAM FATTOUH Reader in Finance and Management, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK; Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UKALEMAYEHU GEDA Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University; Researcher, African Economic Research Consortium, Economic Commission for Africa and University of London, SOAS, UKIFTEKHAR HASAN Cary L. Wellington Professor of Finance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA; Scientific Advisor, Central Bank of Finland; Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, USA; Research Fellow, Berkley Center of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stern School of Business, New York University, USAROBERT LENSINK Professor in Finance and Financial Markets, University of Groningen, NetherlandsSAMUEL MUNZELE MAIMBO Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Africa Finance and Private Sector Unit, World BankMACHIKO NISSANKE Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UKSANG-IK SON Deputy Director, Statistical Research Institute, Korea National Statistical Office, South KoreaPHAM THI THU TRÀ Lecturer, Cantho University, VietnamMINGMING ZHOU Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA