Preface Financial Liberalization and the Finance-Growth Nexus: What Have We Learned; P.Arestis & M.Sawyer The Importance of the Gender Dimension in the Finance and Economic Development Nexus; M.S.Floro Financial Liberalization and Poverty: Channels of Influence; P.Arestis & A.Caner Currency Crises and Instability of Global Capitalism; K.A.Erturk Index