Akiko Sagesaka is a statistician for the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), the World Bank’s flagship household survey program housed at the Development Data Group. She works to improve the quality and relevance of data collected through household surveys. She is an expert in survey instrument development, data quality control, data analysis and data dissemination. She holds a master’s degree in International Development Studies from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo, Japan.