Editors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram has been Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs since 2005. In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize. During 2008-2009, he served as a member of the [Stiglitz] Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System. He was Founder Chair of IDEAs, International Development Economics Associates. Anisuzzman (Anis) Chowdhury is Senior Economics Officer in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Professor of Economics at the University of Western Sydney. He was Editor of the Journal of the Asian-Pacific Economy and has published many books and articles in international journals, including chapters in books.They recently co-edited Poor Poverty: The Impoverishment of Analysis, Measurement and Policies , also published by Bloomsbury Academic in the United Nations series on Development. Contributors: Rita Abrahamsen , Associate Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa, Canada Matthew Andrews , Associate Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA Arthur Goldsmith , Associate Dean of the College of Management, University of Massachusetts, USAMushtaq Khan, Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK Marcus Kurtz , Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University, USA Martin Painter is Chair and Professor of Public Administration, City University of Hong Kong Andrew Schrank , Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of New Mexico, USA Brian van Arkadie , Development economist and consultant.