Dr Sophie Harman is a Senior Lecturer in International Politics at City University London. She has published two books with Routledge - Governance of HIV/AIDS (edited with F. Lisk) and World Bank and HIV/AIDS - and is currently writing her third - Global Health Governance - for the Routledge series on Global Institutions. Sophie's research interests are in the field of global health, with particular reference to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the World Bank, and the role of financial institutions within global governance. Sophie teaches Global Governance to undergraduates and postgraduates at City.

Dr David Williams is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at City University, London. He is the author of The World Bank and Social Transformation in International Politics and a forthcoming book, International Development and Global Politics, both published with Routledge. His research straddles political theory, international politics and international development. David also teaches Global Governance at City.