ROBERT ASH Professor of Economics and Director, SOAS Taiwan Studies Programme, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, UKERBIAO DAI Research Associate Professor, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD), JapanSHIRO HIOKI Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, JapanKEN IMAI Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JapanNAZRUL ISLAM Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Development Policy Analysis Division (DPAD) and Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations, USAREIITSU KOJIMA Professor of Emeritus, Daito Bunka University, JapanDING LU Professor of Economics, Sophia University, JapanNOBUHIRO OKAMOTO Associate Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Daito Bunka University, JapanKEXI PAN Associate Professor, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, ChinaXIZHE PENG Professor and Dean of the School of Social Development and Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Population Research, Fudan University, ChinaLI QI Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Agnes Scott College, USAERIC D. RAMSTETTER Research Professor, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD), JapanTHOMAS G. RAWSKI Professor of Economics and History, University of Pittsburgh, USAHIROSHI SAKAMOTO Research Assistant Professor, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development(ICSEAD), JapanKAZUHIKO YOKOTA Research Associate Professor, International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD), JapanJUAN YU Fudan University, China