Ismael Yacoubou Djima is an economist for the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), the World Bank’s flagship household survey program housed at the Development Data Group. His research interests include agriculture and rural development, survey methodology and data integration, and economic history. As a member of the LSMS team, he has extensive experience in the design, implementation, and analysis of household surveys.
Ismael holds an MSc. and Ph.D. in Economics from the Paris School of Economics and an MPP from the Frank Batten School of Public Policy at the University of Virginia.