Amer Hasan is a Senior Economist with the Education Global Practice, focusing on the South Asia Region (SAR). His most recent assignment was with the Human Capital Project. He has also been a part of the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Education team where he worked on Indonesia and China. He served as the EAP regional focal point for Early Childhood as well as for Disability Inclusive Education. He co-led the 2018 flagship report on the quality of education in EAP entitled ¡°Growing Smarter: Learning and Equitable Development in East Asia and Pacific.¡± Amer holds a PhD and Masters in Public Policy from the University of Chicago as well as a BA in History from Yale University.