Let's Change the World

How to Work within International Development Organizations to Make a Difference

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

A how-to and inspirational guide for everyone, no matter their age, who wants to make a difference in the world through their professional life – from ensuring access to quality schools and clean water to healthcare and safer communities. So many talented young people receive a great education and set out to make a difference in the world. Yet, they often find the global institutions on that path difficult to understand, hard to get into, and even harder to navigate. Emiliana Vegas provides a deeply personal and informative guide to building a career in international development for current and aspiring changemakers. This book dives into the key lessons and specific takeaways the author has learned throughout her twenty years working in international development organizations. Vegas's passion for the power of education comes through on every page of this book and now she is sharing what she has learned to help others achieve the same success. Through insider tips, best practices, and targeted advice, readers will come away with a clear picture of how these organizations really work, how you can get in and thrive, and how to make a real difference from the inside out.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-10
Mått:160 x 236 x 24 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:Angrist,Noam
ISBN:9781538190289

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Emiliana Vegas (EdD) has been highly recognized for her career working to inform education policy in the so-called Global South, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. She has been a leading economist at the World Bank, before joining the Inter-American Bank as the division chief of education and, more recently, serving as co-director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution. Vegas has served on numerous leading international education boards, including currently on the Governing Board for UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning and the Board of Directors for the Jacobs Foundation in Switzerland. In addition, she has served on numerous high-impact global councils and programs, including the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Education and Skills, the WISE Prize, the Future Global Leaders Fellowship, and Teach for All’s Global Advisory Council. Since 2019, Vegas has also served as a member of the Global Advisory Council for the Organization of Ibero-American States. She is currently a professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and lives in Cambridge Massachusetts.

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Having spent most of my professional life in an international organization, I wish I had the vision to write the book that Emiliana has written. In this book, she draws from decades of firsthand engagement with policymakers in developing countries and from rigorous research on those countries. There is much to learn from it, including reasons for genuine optimism about our capacity to help the world for the better.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Noam AngristAcknowledgements List of Tables and FiguresTimelineList of Acronyms & AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: How You Get InChapter 1: The Basics of IDOsChapter 2: The Skills You’ll NeedChapter 3: Standing Out from the CrowdChapter 4: The Paths Worth TakingPart II: How You ThriveChapter 5: Navigating the MatrixChapter 6: All About Operations and Analytical ActivitiesChapter 7: No Good Idea Goes UnfundedChapter 8: Globally Informed, Locally DrivenChapter 9: Team Player, Team LeaderChapter 10: Moving Up the Corporate LadderPart III: How to Make a Real DifferenceChapter 11: Great Supervisors Attract Great People; Toxic Ones Push Them OutChapter 12: The Power of a People PersonChapter 13: Leading for ImpactChapter 14: The Golden HandcuffsChapter 15: Having it All: Balancing Family and CareerChapter 16: Key TakeawaysAppendixBibliographyAbout the Author