Talip Kilic

Talip Kilic is the Acting Manager and Senior Program Manager for the World Bank Development Data Group Survey Unit, which houses the International Comparison Program (ICP) – a worldwide statistical initiative that collects comparative price data to produce purchasing power parities (PPPs) - 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 ICP’s production of PPPs and the conversion of volume and per capita measures of GDP into a common currency using PPPs, (b) the extensive LSMS portfolio of face-to-face and phone surveys; R&D and innovations in survey methods; policy research activities; training courses on survey design, implementation and analysis, and (c) 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.