Celestin Monga is Chief Economist and Vice President of Economic Governance and Knowledge Management at the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Managing Director at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He previously worked as Senior Advisor for Structural Transformation at the World Bank and has held various board and senior positions in academia and financial services, including as a pro bono member of the advisory boards at the MIT's Sloan School of Management, the Quantam Global Group, and the Official Monetary and Fianancial Institutions Forum (OMFIF). Dr Monga was the Economics editor for the 5-volume New Encyclopedia of Africa (Charles Scribner's, 2007). His published works have been translated into multiple languages.


Justin Yifu Lin is Councillor of the State Council and Professor and Honorary Dean of the National School of Development at Peking University. He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Professor Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference, and Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World.

Tony Addison, UNU-WIDER
Gloria Afful-Mensah, University of Ghana
Jenny C. Aker, Tufts University and Southern Methodist University
Emmanuel Akyeampong, Harvard University
John C. Anyanwu, African Development Bank
Ernest Aryeetey, University of Ghana and WIDER
Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota
Ousmane Badiane, IFPRI
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, University of North Florida and ACET
Alaka M. Basu, World Bank and Cornell University
Kaushik Basu, World Bank and Cornell University
Andrew Berg, International Monetary Fund
Jean-Claude Berthelemy, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Sophie Bessis, University of Paris
Haroon Bhorat, University of Cape Town
Joshua E. Blumenstock, University of Washington
Julia Cage, Harvard University
Stephen O'Connell, International Monetary Fund and Swarthmore College/USAID
Xavier Debrun, International Monetary Fund
Asli Demirguc-Kunt, The World Bank
Jean-Jacques Dethier, The World Bank
Hamed El-Said, Manchester Metropolitan University
Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi, Dubai Economic Council
Chris Elbers, VU University Amsterdam
Bichaka Fayisssa, Middle Tennessee University
Augustin Kwasi Fosu, United Nations University
Marcelo M. Giugale, The World Bank
Wafik Grais, Viveris Mashrek
Jan Willem Gunning, Tinbergen Institute
Kenneth Harttgen, ETH
Calestous Juma, Harvard University
Ioannis N. Kessides, Yale University
Michael Kevane, Santa Clara University
Leora Klapper, The World Bank
Odongo Kodongo, University of Witwatersrand
Caroline Krafft, University of Minnesota
Frannie A. Leautier, African Capacity Building Foundation
Keun Lee, Seoul National University
Willi Leibfritz, OECD and African Development Bank
Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University
Tsitsi Makombe, IFPRI
Joseph Leina Masawe, Central Bank of Tanzania
Paul R. Masson, University of Toronto
Margaret McMillan, Tufts University
John Mathews, MGSM Macquarie University
Jaime de Melo, University of Geneva and World Bank
Nadir Abdellatif Mohammed, The World Bank
Celestin Monga, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Germano Mwabu, University of Nairobi
Karmen Naidoo, University of Cape Town
Malokele Nanivazo, UNU-WIDER
Leonce Ndikumana, University of Massachusetts
Benno Ndulu, Central Bank of Tanzania
Mwanza Nkusu, International Monetary Fund
Akbar Noman, Columbia University
Christian Nsiah, Baldwin Wallace University
Yaw Nyarko, New York University
Eric Kehinde Ogunleye, Presidency of Nigeria
Kalu Ojah, University of Witwatersrand
Keijiro Otsuka, GRIPS
Peter van Oudheusden, The World Bank
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Emory University
John Page, Brookings Institution
Catherine Pattillo, International Monetary Fund
Frank Place, World Agroforestry Centre
Rafael Portillo, International Monetary Fund
Peter Quartey, University of Ghana
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University
Stephanie Seguino, Central Bank of Kenya
Saurabh Singhal, UNU-WIDER
Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University
Finn Tarp, UNU-WIDER
Jean-Claude Tchatchouang, The World Bank
Mark R. Thomas, The World Bank
Josselin Thuilliez, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Yvonne Tsikata, University of Geneva and World Bank
Filiz Unsal, International Monetary Fund
Yan Wang, George Washington University
Maureen Were, Central Bank of Kenya
Liang Xu, Harvard University
Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape