GIOVANNA AGUILAR Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúFRANCIS MENJO BAYE Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé II, CameroonDAVIDE CASTELLANI Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Bergamo, ItalySTEPHANIE CHARITONENKO Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA)SIMONETTA CHIODI University of Bergamo, ItalyPABLO COTLER Departamento de Economia, Universidad Iberoamericana, MexicoVALENTINA HARTARSKA Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, USADALE LAMPE Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan (MISFA)DENIS NADOLNYAK Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University, USAELOGE NISHIMIKIJIMANA African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa-Re) in Lagos, NigeriaJOSEPH NZONGANG Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, CameroonANA PANTELIC Fundación CapitalJULIA PAXTON Ohio State University, USAWILLIAM F. STEEL Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, GhanaLAURA VIGANO University of Bergamo, ItalySHEN XUAN Auburn University, USA