Emma Näslund-Hadley is a senior specialist in the Education Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). She has worked at the IDB since 2002, leading and collaborating in the design and execution of a wide spectrum of education sector projects – from early childhood and primary education to vocational training and adult education. She is the coordinator of the Bank’s efforts to improve mathematics and natural science education. Prior to joining the Bank, she worked in Africa, Latin America and Europe on education and gender issues with the European Union, the United Nations and the Swedish International Development Agency. Emma has a master’s degree in international economics and finance from the University of Linkoping and a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University. 

Updated August 10, 2011

 Publications

      News & Views:

• Enfoques Creativos Para Aprender Matemáticas y Ciencias Naturales (in Spanish)
• Learning through Play
• OLPC Pre-Pilot Evaluation Report (Haiti)

      Briefly Noted:

• Quality Education - An Effective Form of Birth Control?
• Inside the Math Classroom: What Makes a Teacher Effective?
• Less Talk, More Play: Bolstering Math Learning in Argentina
• Building a Future of Inquisitive Scientists in Peru
• Beyond Chalk and Talk: Experimental Math and Science Education in Argentina

      Technical Notes:

• The Miseducation of Latin American Girls: Poor Schooling Makes Pregnancy a Rational Choice
• The State of Numeracy Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

      Books:

• "The Education Sector in Belize: Analysis and Options for a Policy Agenda" in Towards a Sustainable and Efficient State: The Development Agenda of Belize

      Academic Journal:

• “Sexual Initiation, School Attendance and Teenage Pregnancy in Vulnerable Populations in Asuncion and Lima: A Qualitative Approximation” in Debates en Sociología, No 35, 2010, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. (in Spanish)
• Integrated Childhood Development Services in Nicaragua

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