Yannick Markhof is a Consultant in the Data Production and Methods Unit of the World Bank's Development Data Group. His research interests are broad, spanning social protection, political economy aspects of economic development, behavioral economics, and innovation in the measurement of key development indicators focusing on low- and middle-income countries. Before joining the World Bank, he worked at the UNDP's International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) where he was a lead researcher on projects surrounding social protection in the South Asia region. He holds a postgraduate degree in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford.