The editors are four global leaders in development economics and in African and South African economic analysis and policy, who between them have held or hold the following positions: Chief Economist, African Development Bank; Deputy Director General in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa; Chief Director, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa; Presidential Economic Advisor, South Africa; G20 Sherpa, South Africa; Co-Chair G20 Development Working Group; Chief Economist for Africa, The World Bank; Professor of Economics, University of Cape Town; Dean of Commerce, Law and Management, University of Witwatersrand; Professor of Economics, Cornell University.