PRANAB BARDHAN Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USAKAUSHIK BASU Professor of Economics, C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Director, Comparative Economic Development Program, Cornell University, USAALESSANDRO FEDERICI University of Rome 'La Sapienza', ItalyCAROL GRAHAM Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution and Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, USAALMAS HESHMATI Visiting Professor of Economics, Seoul National University, KoreaRHYS JENKINS Professor of Economics, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UKADRIAAN KALWIJ Lecturer, Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsPIERLIUIGI MONTALBANO Post-doc Research Fellow, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', ItalyCARLO PIETROBELLI Professor of Economics, University of Rome 3, ItalyMARTIN RAVALLION Senior Advisor, Poverty and Inequality Programme, Research Department, the World Bank, USAALICE SINDZINGRE Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UKUMBERTO TRIULZI Full Professor of Economic Policy, University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and Scientific Director of IPALMO (Institute for the Relations between Italy and Africa, Latin America and Middle East), ItalyARJAN VERSCHOOR Lecturer in Economics, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UKJINHUA ZHAO Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, USA