Prof Howard Stein, is a Professor in the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan and also teaches in the Department of Epidemiology. He is the editor or author of more than a dozen books and collections and more than 100 journal articles, book chapters and reviews. He has published papers on subjects including foreign aid, finance and development, structural adjustment, health and development, institutional transformation and development, industrial policy, export processing zones, agricultural policy and rural property right transformation. His most recent monograph is ‘Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development’ (University of Chicago Press, 2008). His two forthcoming volumes are Good Growth and Governance in Africa: Rethinking Development Strategies (Oxford University Press) co-edited with Joseph Stiglitz, Akbar Noman, and Kwesi Botchway, and Gendered Insecurities, Health, and Development in Africa (Routledge) co-edited with Amal Fadlalla.