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Raka Banerjee

Project Coordinator, Development Data Group, Development Economics

Raka Banerjee is a Project Coordinator in the Development Data Group at the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP. She supports the Data Group in developing and executing priorities including departmental strategy, knowledge products, outreach and communications. As part of the Development Data Council Secretariat, she supports World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP institutional priorities around data, including data governance and new data initiatives.

Raka previously worked as Project Coordinator for the Living Standards Measurement Study team where she managed field-based data collection efforts, coordinated daily project operations, and provided editorial and dissemination oversight for knowledge products. She holds an M.A. in International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Washington.


  • The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) is a household survey program housed within the Survey Unit of the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP's Development Data Group that provides technical assistance to national statistical offices (NSOs) in the design and implementation of multi-topic household surveys. Since its inception in the early 1980s, the LSMS program has worked with dozens of statistics offices around the world: generating high-quality data, incorporating innovative technologies and improved survey methodologies, and building technical capacity. The LSMS team also provides technical support across the World ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵAPP in the design and implementation of household surveys and in the measurement and monitoring of poverty.
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  • Agriculture & Rural Development
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  • Food Security
  • Gender
  • Measuring Poverty