Santosh Mehrotra is advisor, Rural Development, Planning Commission, Government of India. He was regional economic advisor, Regional Centre for Asia, UNDP, Bangkok, prior to senior policy advisor to the Human Development Report. He also led UNICEF’s research program on developing countries at Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, Italy. After receiving a Ph.D. at Cambridge (1985), Mehrotra was associate professor of economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1988–91). He has been with the United Nations for the past 15 years as a human development economist. His research interests span industry and trade issues, the impact of macroeconomic policy on health and education, the informal sector, and the economics of health and education. His books include India and the Soviet Union: Trade and Technology Transfer (Cambridge UP, 1990); Development with a Human Face: Experiences in Social Achievement and Economic Growth (Oxford UP, 1997); Universalizing Elementary Education in India, Uncaging the Tiger Economy (OUP, 2005); and The Economics of Elementary Education in India (Sage, 2006). Two coauthored books will be published in 2006: Asian Informal Workers: Global Risks, Local Protection (Routledge); and Eliminating Human Poverty: Macro-economic Policies for Equitable Growth (London: Zed).