Elena G. Popkova is Doctor of Economics and Professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia. She is also President of the autonomous non-profit organization “Institute of Scientific Communications”, Russia. Bruno S. Sergi is an instructor at the Harvard University, USA, an Affiliate at the Center for International Development at Harvard, and an Associate at the Harvard Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. He is the Series Editor of Cambridge Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets and Entrepreneurship and Global Economic Growth. He teaches Political Economy and International Finance at the University of Messina and co-directs the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development (LEAD).