Javiera Petersen - Subsecretary of Economy, Chile

Undersecretary Petersen is an economist with a master’s in economic analysis from the Universidad de Chile, and a master’s in global economic governance and policy from the University of London (England). She is currently a doctoral candidate in innovation and public policy at University College London.

Her research has focused on the creation of a new development model, based on the transformation of production towards an environmentally sustainable, more socially inclusive economy that gives rise to new productive sectors incorporating technology and innovation. 

She worked as an external consultant to the World Bank on the Gender Disaggregated Labor Database (GDLD), the main objective of which is to fill a major information gap in global gender statistics.