Rose Ngugi is a senior researcher and Executive Director, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, where she manages research and capacity-building activities at the institute. Her research interests include financial sector developments, macroeconomic issues, and sustainable development. She has published widely in peer reviewed journals and discussion papers.
Kunal Sen is Director of UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland, and Professor of Development Economics, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK (on leave). He has over three decades of experience in academic and applied development economics research. He has performed extensive research on the political economy of growth and development, international finance, the dynamics of poverty, social exclusion, female labour force participation, and the informal sector in developing economies. His research has focused on India, East Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. He was awarded the Sanjaya Lall Prize in 2006 and the Dudley Seers Prize in 2003 for his publications.