Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS) was founded in Jerusalem in 1994 as an independent non-profit institution to contribute to the policy-making process by conducting economic and social policy research. Twenty-four years and over two hundred publications later, MAS is proud of its record of applying the highest standards of objectivity, relevance, and methodological excellence in its economic and social research and analysis, and its subsequent contribution to socio-economic development in Palestine. Through the wide dissemination of its research findings, MAS has helped to raise awareness and promote knowledge-based decision-making in Palestine. MAS is still the only Palestinian research institute focused on economic policy research and socio-economic issues in Palestine.