Andrew Mason is Deputy Chief Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist for the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP. Prior to joining the Chief Economist¡¯s Office, Mr. Mason served as Manager of the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice for the ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP¡¯s Europe and Central Asia Region.
During his career, Mr. Mason has worked on a range of development issues, including poverty reduction, gender equality, labor, skills, and social protection. He is co-author of several World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP flagship studies, including The Innovation Imperative for Developing East Asia; A Resurgent East Asia: Navigating a Changing World; Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific; Informality: Exit and Exclusion, a Latin America and Caribbean regional study; and, Engendering Development ¨C Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice, a World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP Policy Research Report. Mr. Mason has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
He holds a Ph.D. in applied economics from Stanford University and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Harvard University.