Ksenia Abanokova is an Economist for the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), the World Bank’s flagship household survey program housed at the Development Data Group. She is a core team member at LSMS, developing and applying data imputation methods to poverty and other development outcomes.
Prior to joining LSMS in 2022, Ksenia worked as a consultant on various projects at the Development Data Group. Ksenia holds a Candidate of Science (the highest academic degree that is equivalent to a Ph.D.) from the Higher School of Economics in Russia.