About the Editors and Contributors
Mona Haddad is Sector Manager of the World Bank’s International Trade Department. In this capacity, she manages the group responsible for supporting the development and implementation of trade-related activities at both country and regional levels. These include trade policy analysis, competitiveness, and trade facilitation. Prior to joining the Trade Department, she was the Regional Trade Coordinator for the East Asia Region, where she worked on trade issues in various countries, including China, Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Vietnam. Ben Shepherd is the Principal of Developing Trade Consultants Ltd. He is a trade economist and international development consultant, having worked on a wide range of trade and development issues with organizations such as the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations, and the Food and Agriculture Organization. He specializes in providing policy-relevant research, as well as capacitybuilding seminars for researchers working in trade and development. About the Contributors Mahani Zainal Abidin, Chief Executive, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia Enrique Aldaz-Carroll, Senior Economist, World Bank, Indonesia Ulrich Bartsch, Senior Economist, World Bank, India Muhammad Chatib Basri, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Indonesia Chad P. Bown, Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank Vittorio Corbo, Centro de Estudios Públicos, Chile Jaime de Melo, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Geneva; Center for Economic Policy Research; Foundation for International Development Study and Research Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Gustavo H. B. Franco, Chairman, Rio Bravo Investimentos Caroline Freund, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank Abhijit Sen Gupta, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and Consultant, World Bank, India Mona Haddad, Sector Manager, International Trade Department, World Bank Gordon Hanson, Professor of Economics and Director, Center on Pacific Economies, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, and Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego Ann Harrison, Director of Development Policy, Development Research Group, World Bank xv