STEFFIE JOI CALUBAYAN Research Assistant at the Poverty and Economic Policy Community-based Monitoring System (PEP CBMS) Research Network, University of Laval, CanadaMARGARET CHITIGA-MABUGU Executive Director of the Economic Performance and Development research programme, Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaJOHN COCKBURN Co-Director of the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network and Professor at University of Laval, CanadaJERONIMO CORTINA Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Research Associate at the Center for Public Policy, University of Houston, USABERNARD DECALUWÉ Full Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Laval, CanadaJEREMY DE JESUS Research Assistant at the Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) programme, Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies, De La Salle University, PhilippinesNADIA DOYTCH Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of New Haven, USAISMAËL FOFANA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), SenegalMARICAR GARDE Policy Officer for Economic and Social Development at Save the Children UKBINGJIE HU is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Maryland, USARAMOS MABUGU heads the Research and Policy Division at the Financial and Fiscal Commission of South AfricaHÉLÈNE MAISONNAVE works at the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network, University of Laval, CanadaPAOLA PEREZNIETOResearch Fellow at Social Development Programme, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UKAPARNA RAO Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs, USANICHOLAS REES works in the Policy Advocacy Unit, UNICEF, USACELIA REYES Senior Research Fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development StudiesVÉRONIQUE ROBICHAUD Researcher at the Inter-University Centre on Risk, Economic Policies, and Employment, CanadaDEBRA SHEPHERD Researcher in the Social Policy Research Group, Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaALELLIE SOBREVIÑAS Research Associate at the Community-based Monitoring System (CBMS) programme, Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies, De La Salle University, PhilippinesANDY SUMNER Research Fellow in the Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction Team, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK.NINA THELEN Policy Analyst at the Office of Development Studies, UN Development Programme (UNDP), USALUCA TIBERTI Postdoctoral Researcher at the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network, University of Laval, CanadaSERVAAS VAN DER BERG Professor of Economics and National Research Chair in the Department of Economics of Social Policy, University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaDIETER VON FINTEL Lecturer in Economics at University of Stellenbosch, South AfricaJENN YABLONSKI Social Protection Specialist at UNICEF, USAYANCHUN ZHANG Policy Specialist at the Office of Development Studies, UN Development Programme(UNDP), USA