Juan Antonio Morales is Professor in the Master's program on Development of the Universidad Católica Boliviana, Bolivia. He has also taught as visiting professor at other Latin American and US universities, as well as at the University of Namur, Belgium. He has a wide experience in policy making, having served over ten years as President of the Central Bank of Bolivia. He has been involved in many research projects on monetary policy and
economic development at large and was a consultant in several occasions to international financial institutions and to development agencies.
Paul Reding is Emeritus Professor at the University of Namur, Belgium, where he has taught monetary theory and policy. He has also taught at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. A significant part of his teaching and research has been focused on issues relating to developing countries. He has participated in several research projects and consultancies, at the national and international level, dealing with the challenges faced by economic development in poor countries.