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Lorena Rivera León

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Economist and Research Fellow, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University

Santiago, the capital of Chile, is a hub for international corporate headquarters and local startups. Ariel Cruz Pizarro/Wikimedia

August 17, 2017

Beyond Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico, Latin America’s innovation potential is largely untapped

Lorena Rivera León, United Nations University

The 2017 Global Innovation Index shows that most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean could do much more to tap their innovation potential

Female scientists are often more productive than their male colleagues but much less likely to be recognised for their work. Argonne National Laboratory/Wikimedia

February 23, 2017

Women aren’t failing at science — science is failing women

Lorena Rivera León, United Nations University

Female scientists publish more and better research but are promoted less. New research from Mexico exposes gender gap in science there, and across the globe.

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