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Jennifer Alvarado
Brief biography
She obtained a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and is a specialist in Energy and Environmental Policy and Management from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO Mexico).
Since 2025, she has served as the Gender Focal Point at the Subregional Headquarters in Mexico of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). She has more than 15 years of institutional experience at this Subregional Headquarters. Since 2012, she has been part of the Trade and Productive Development Unit, where she works as an economist and coordinates projects on productive development policies, competitiveness, and the strengthening of value chains. Previously, she played a key role in the Energy and Natural Resources Unit, leading research on the economics of climate change and energy management in Central America.
Her work is distinguished by linking technical analysis with the design of public policies for economic development, with a focus on promoting substantive equality. In her current role, she leads the integration of a gender perspective into research and economic and social development agendas.
Her professional and academic career is reflected in various publications, technical reports, and book chapters focused on industrial policy, the care economy, structural change, and the strengthening of value chains in Latin America and the Caribbean. She also has extensive experience participating in forums, conferences, technical workshops, and fieldwork, consolidating a profile that integrates technical research with direct impact on regional development policies.

