Ian Masias is a Program Head in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He currently manages the Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA), which seeks to improve governance in Myanmar’s agriculture sector. Since joining IFPRI, he has been a Manager on the Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP), the Feed the Future Nigeria Agriculture Policy Project (NAPP), the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy (FSP), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutes, and Markets (PIM). Ian has lived and worked in Nigeria and Japan and has experience working in Ghana. Prior to joining IFPRI, he was a Research Support Specialist at the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law. He holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut.