| Julius Court |
is Research Officer at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, UK. From 1996-2002 he was Programme Officer, Office of the Rector, at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan. Before joining UNU in 1996, he was a researcher at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. His main publications include co-edited volumes on Water, Peace and the Middle East (1997), Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium (2002) and Asia and Africa in the Global Economy (2003) as well as policy briefs (with Andrea Cornia) on Inequality, Growth and Poverty in the Era of Liberalization and Globalization (2001) and (with Deepak Nayyar) on Governing Globalization (2002). He served as Co-Principal Investigator (with Goran Hyden) of the World Governance Survey Project at the UN University.
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| Goran Hyden |
is Distinguished University Professor in Political Science at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He has published extensively on a wide range of issues spanning the interface between politics and development. His publications include Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania (1980), No Shortcuts to Progress (1983), Governance and Politics in Africa, co-edited with Michael Bratton (1992), African Perspectives on Governance, co-edited with H.W.O. Okoth Ogendo and Dele Olowu (1999). As one of the principal architects of studies on governance, he served as Co-Principal Investigator of the World Governance Survey Project with Julius Court at the United Nations University, 1999-2001.
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| Kenneth Mease |
is a political scientist and member of the Department of Economics at the University of Florida. He specializes in survey research and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. His substantive research interests include governance and democracy, public education, and political participation. He taught at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as Fulbright Scholar, 1997-98. He served as Senior Advisor to the World Governance Survey Project, 2000-2001.
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Monica Blagescu |
is currently a PhD student at the University of Bath (UK) focusing on issues of governance, international interim administrations and peacebuilding. Prior to starting work on her PhD, Monica was a consultant for the UNHCR Regional Centre for Emergency Training in International Humanitarian Response (Asia & Pacific) and a research and project assistant within the Peace and Governance Programme at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.
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