1. Partisans of Progress? Labor and the ‘Development Project’ in Bangladesh’s Semi-Centennial Decade • Mushahid Hussain, Cornell University.

2. Contract Migration as Economic Development Strategy: The Philippines and South Korea • Suzy Lee, Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY).

3. The Colonial Origins of State Failure: Indirect Rule and Political (Under)Development in Italian Africa • Salih Noor, Northwestern University.

4. Abolition as a Critical Juncture: Revolutions, Liberal Reforms, and the Divergent Legacies of French Forced Settlement in Haiti and the Antilles colonies • Olukunle Owolabi, Villanova University.