Paul Hoebink is Extraordinary Professor in Development Cooperation and Director of the Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen (CIDIN) at Radboud University, the Netherlands. He has worked on development cooperation from multilateral to private aid as well as on the evaluation of development policies, projects and programmes. He has taught at several European universities and also at the Diplomatic Institutes in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Pretoria, South Africa.
Lau Schulpen is Senior Lecturer and Researcher at CIDIN. His recent research interests include citizens' initiatives in development cooperation, bilateral and private aid. He has worked as an adviser for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Minister for Development Cooperation, the Netherlands, and for several private aid organizations.