Join us for a webinar with Dr. Emiliana Vegas, professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She will present her new book, “Let’s Change the World, How to Work with International Organizations to Make a Difference.” She will speak from her research and practice focus on improving educational opportunities in developing countries.
Professor Vegas earned a doctor of education degree from HGSE, a master's of public policy degree from Duke University, and a bachelor's degree in communications from the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas, Venezuela. Before returning to HGSE, Dr. Vegas was co-director of the Center for Universal Education at Brookings. Before Brookings, she was chief of the Inter-American Development Bank's Education Division, overseeing the Bank's lending operations and technical assistance projects throughout Latin America and Caribbean countries. Before joining the IDB, she spent over ten years at the World Bank, leading research and operations on education systems in various low- and middle-income countries.
Dr. Vegas has written extensively on issues affecting education systems in Latin America, the Caribbean, and other developing regions. Her academic papers and books cover topics including policies to leverage technology to accelerate learning and skills development, raising teacher effectiveness, school finance policies, and early childhood development policies.
