MANUEL BARAHONA Professor, School of Economics, National University, Costa Rica ALBERTO C. BARBEITO Economist and Lead Researcher, Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas (CIEPP), Argentina MARIO FRANCISCO BAZÁN BORJA Economist, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru MARÍA BONINO Sociologist and Associate Researcher, Centro de Investigación Económica y Social del Uruguay (CIEDUR), Uruguay VIVIANE BRACHET-MÁRQUEZ Professor of Sociology, El Colegio de México, Mexico JULIO CARRANZA VALDES Programme Specialist, Social and Human Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Office for the Caribbean, Jamaica CARLOS CASTRO VALVERDE Institute of Social Research, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica JULIO A. DIAZ VAZQUEZ Researcher, Professor and President, Scientific Board, Centro de Investigación de Economia Internacional, University of Havana, Cuba SONIA M. DRAIBE Associate Professor, Institute of Economics, State University of Campinas, Brazil LAURA GOLDBERG Member, Research Team, Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas (CIEPP), Argentina LUDWIG GÜENDELL Director, Centro de Estúdios para la Acción Social (CEPAS), Costa Rica MARIO ANGÉLICA ILLANES Director, School of History and Social Sciences, Universidad ARCIS, Chile HUCK-JU KWON Professor, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea FERNANDO PRADA Associate Researcher, FORO Nacional/ Internacional, Peru ALEXANDERPEYRE DUTREY Research Assistant, UNRISD, Switzerland FRANCISCO SAGASTI President, FORO Nacional/ Internacional, Peru