Talip Kilic is the Acting Manager and Senior Program Manager for the World Bank Development Data Group's Living Standards Measurement Unit (DECLS), which houses the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) - the World Bank’s flagship household survey program, and Survey Solutions; the World Bank's open-source CAPI/CATI/CAWI software platform for design, implementation and management of large-scale surveys and censuses.
In his managerial role, Talip oversees (a) the extensive LSMS portfolio of face-to-face and phone surveys; research and development on survey methods; multi-sectoral policy research activities; and development and delivery of training courses on survey design, implementation and analysis, as well as (b) Survey Solutions software development, maintenance and training activities.
As a researcher, he focuses on poverty, agriculture and labor in low- and middle-income countries, as well as survey methodology and data integration to improve the quality, timeliness, and policy-relevance of household and farm surveys. Talip was also a core team member for the World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives.
Talip is originally from Istanbul, Türkiye, and has a Ph.D. in Economics from American University in Washington, D.C., and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Relations from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) and the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) were established to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by statistical offices in developing countries. The goal is to foster increased use of household data as a basis for policy decisionmaking.
Citizens4Earth follows Talip Kilic from the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study program as he travels to far-flung rural communities in central and southwestern Uganda, along with the survey teams for the Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS).
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