Amer Hasan is a Senior Economist with the Education Global Department of the World Bank. He serves as the Bank’s Global co-Lead on Early Childhood Development. He has worked in South Asia, East Asia and the Latin America and the Caribbean regions on both operations and analytical tasks. His research covers a number of areas including: (i) evaluating the impact of ECD and schooling interventions; (ii) assessing the availability and quality of ECD services, and (iii) monitoring and planning for resilient school infrastructure. Amer holds PhD and Master of Public Policy degrees from the University of Chicago as well as a BA from Yale University.