Ben Ross Schneider is Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT and director of the MIT-Brazil program.

Marta Arretche is a Full Professor in the Department of Political Science of the University of São Paulo.

Sarah M. Brooks is an Associate Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University.

Francisco H. G. Ferreira is a Senior Adviser in the World Bank's Development Research Group.

Sergio Firpo is an Associate Professor of Economics at the São Paulo School of Economics of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.

Kevin P. Gallagher is a Professor of Global Development Policy at Boston University's Pardee School for Global Studies.

F. Daniel Hidalgo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Marcus J. Kurtz is a Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University.

Sergio G. Lazzarini is a Professor of Organization and Strategy at Insper Institute of Education and Research.

Renato Lima de Oliveira is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Marcus André Melo is a Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Pernambuco.

Julián Messina is the Lead Economist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Aldo Musacchio is an Associate Professor of Business at the International Business School, Brandeis University.

Barbara Nunberg is a Professor of Professional Practice at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.

Regina Silvia Pacheco is a Professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo and Dean of the Masters in Public Policy and Management.

Timothy J. Power is the University Lecturer in Brazilian Studies and a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford.

Daniela Magalhães Prates is a Professor of Economics at the State University of Campinas and researcher of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development.

Tyler Priest is an Associate Professor of History and Geography at the University of Iowa.

Ben Ross Schneider is the Ford International Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Director of the MIT-Brazil Program.

"Particularly impressive is the multidisciplinary approach in many of the contributions, as well as the successful demonstration of how and how much political, economic, and social developments have been interrelated. Strongly recommended to economists and political scientists who specialize in the development of Brazil, as well as of Latin America in general."-H. D. Renning, California State University, Stanislaus