Jozef Mencinger is rector of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and was minister for economic affairs for the Republic of Slovenia from 1990 to 1991. He has served as an advisor to the United Nations Development Program for Bosnia, was director of the Economic Institute of the Law School in Ljubljana, and a member of the board for the Bank of Slovenia. Professor Mencinger is currently a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences in Salzburg, Austria. He holds an M.A. in economics from the University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.