Ivette Contreras is an Economist for the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), the World Bank¡¯s flagship household survey program housed at the Development Data Group. Her research is focused on development economics, with a special emphasis on labor, migration, and survey methods. As a member of the LSMS team, she is an expert in the design, implementation, data quality control, and analysis of household surveys.
Ivette is originally from El Salvador, and she holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the George Washington University and an M.A. in International Development from American University in Washington, DC.
