Silvana Kostenbaum is a public sector specialist in the LAC region, based in Buenos Aires. She supervises GovTech loans in Argentina and Uruguay and provides technical assistance to governments in the region on issues related to integrity, institutional strengthening, and digital government. Prior to joining the Bank, Silvana worked in the government of Argentina, especially on public financial management modernization and social protection policies and also provided consulting services to various international organizations. Silvana is a political scientist from the University of Buenos Aires and holds master degrees in public policy and in urban planning from the University of Michigan.