A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi is Professor of International Development Studies and Chair of the Department of International Development Studies at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is also an Associated Research Professor of the Academic Unit in Development Studies at the Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas( Zacatecas, Mexico), Adjunct Professor of Economics in the Master's in Development Practice program at the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, as well as being a Visiting Scholar in that School's Institute for Developing Nations.