Alejandro Foxley is the president and co-founder of CIEPLAN, a think tank based in Santiago, Chile, and the author or editor of over 15 books on economics, economic development, and democracy. Foxley previously served in the Republic of Chile as Minister of Foreign Affairs (2006-2009), Senator (1998-2006), and Minister of Finance (1990-1994), during which time he concurrently served as a governor of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. Barbara Stallings is the William R. Rhodes Research Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, USA, where she previously served as director. She is also the editor of Studies in Comparative International Development, and a 2013-2014 Research Fellow at American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS), USA. Stallings has a PhD in economics from Cambridge University, UK, and a PhD in political science from Stanford University, USA. She is author or editor of 12 books and numerous book chapters and articles.