ARNE BIGSTEN is currently Professor of Development Economics, Gothenburg University and visiting researcher at the University of Nairobi and the University of Oxford. He has undertaken projects for the World Bank, United Nations, ILO, SIDA and the Swedish Ministry of Labour, researching income distribution and development growth, rural development, trade, aid, and economic policy, particularly in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Zambia. He is the author or editor of thirteen books and numerous articles in these areas. He is associate editor of the Journal of African Economies. STEVE KAYIZZI-MUGERWA is an Associate Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at Gothenburg University and a consultant for the World Bank and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. He is the author of over 20 articles and chapters to books on development issues in Africa.