Douglas Southgate, the principal author of this report, is a
professor of agricultural economics and natural resources at Ohio
State University, where he directs the Latin American Studies
Program and the University Center for International Studies.  He
received a Ph.D. in natural resource economics from the
University of Wisconsin and has consulted in ten Latin American
and Caribbean countries for various development agencies.  He has
nearly five years of cumulative experience in Ecuador, including
a Fulbright fellowship (1987), a Joint Career Corps assignment
with USAID (1990 to 1993), and more than a dozen short-term
consultancies.

Kenneth Frederick, a senior fellow at Resources for the Future,
is an authority on policies influencing the use and management of
water resources.  He has consulted for a large number of
development agencies and national governments in different parts
of the world.  Immediately after receiving a Ph.D. in economics
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1965, advised
USAID in Brazil for two years.

A professor of economics and agricultural economics at the
University of Wisconsin, John Strasma specializes in public
finance, environmental economics, and agricultural policy.  His
first job after earning a Ph.D in economics from Harvard
University was to teach at the University of Chile, from 1960 to
1964.  Since then, he has maintained a strong professional
profile in Latin America, having conducted research or consulted
in more than a dozen countries in the region.

Allen White, a senior associate of the Tellus Institute and the
director of its Risk Analysis Group, is an expert on the
prevention of pollution from industrial sources.  Aside from
considerable experience in the United States, he has worked in
Nicaragua, Peru, and several other developing countries.  He
received a Ph.D. in economic geography from Ohio State University
and is a senior research associate in Clark University's Center
for Technology, Environment, and Development. 
A research associate in Tellus Institute's Risk Analysis Group,
Lori Lach received her M.P.H. from the University of California. 
She specializes in the human health risks associated with air and
water pollution and improper handling of hazardous wastes.

John Kellenberg is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental economics
at Johns Hopkins University whose dissertation research addresses
the economic costs associated with tropical deforestation and
petroleum depletion in Ecuador.  He has worked in the World
Bank's Environment Department.  His wife, attorney Patricia
Kelly, assisted in the preparation of this report.