WX Insights Report 2020: The Rise of Women STEMpreneurs

From iADB. The WX Insights Report 2020: The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs summarises the profiles, needs and challenges of women entrepreneurs in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.

The purpose of this report is to identify the main characteristics of women entrepreneurs in STEM fields, and compare them with their non-STEM peers across LAC.

Since the release of IDB’s WeGrow 2013, LAC has been witnessing a significant improvement in high-impact women entrepreneurship , with more women entrepreneurs creating and growing companies in STEM areas. As a matter of fact, 81% of the STEMpreneurs surveyed in this study started their businesses in the past five years.