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Daniel Kostzer is a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, a Senior Regional Wages Specialist at the ILO Asia and the Pacific, and a former Board Member at the World Bank Group (Alternate Executive Director from Argentina for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay). His earlier positions include Senior Economic Advisor at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Myanmar country office, Head of the Socio-Economic Unit at United Nations Integrated Mission (UNMIT) in Timor-Leste, Coordinator of the Social Development Cluster at the UNDP’s Buenos Aires office, Director of Research and Macroeconomic Coordination at the Argentine Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security, and Advisor of the National Lower Chamber and Director of the Center of Studies of the Argentine Northern Region (CEDENOA). Daniel also served as consultant for the ILO, ECLAC, and UNDP on poverty reduction, income distribution and employment policies, and was a member of the knowledge networks of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, ILO. Daniel taught economics as a visiting professor at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Drew University. He currently lectures at the Master of Applied Labor Economics for Development (MALED) program in Turin, Italy, organized by the ILO, University of Turin and the Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. Daniel’s work has been published in a variety of academic and professional journals on issues related to social protection, income distribution, labor markets, economic development, job quality, rural development, among others. Daniel holds a graduate degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.