Alexandre Dayant

Deputy Director, Indo-Pacific Development Centre
Alexandre Dayant
Biography
Publications

Alexandre Dayant is a senior economist and Deputy Director of the Indo-Pacific Development Centre, a dedicated policy research centre within the Lowy Institute. The Centre is committed to producing fresh policy insights and ideas on the most pressing economic development challenges facing the Indo-Pacific region — principally focusing on the emerging and developing economies of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands and South Asia.

Alexandre directs both the Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map and the Lowy Institute Southeast Asia Aid Map projects, which provide the world’s most comprehensive data tracking of all official aid and other development finance flows to the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

His interests are in aid and development finance, and geoeconomics. He writes on Australian foreign policy, development issues, the Pacific Island countries and Europe. He has presented his work across the South Pacific, the United States and Asia, and has notably been invited to testify in front of the United States Congress and the French National Assembly.

Prior to joining the Institute in 2017, Alexandre worked as a management consultant for PwC in Mexico. He has a master’s degree in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University and a master’s degree in Econometrics from La Sorbonne, Paris. Alexandre speaks fluent French, English and Spanish.

Pacific links: “You’re my best friend”
Pacific links: “You’re my best friend”
Scott Morrison on an island escapade, leaders serenade, and links and stories from the Pacific Islands region.
Aid links: food theft in Yemen, open mics in India, and more
Aid links: food theft in Yemen, open mics in India, and more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
Aid links: donor fatigue, poverty measures, Syrian camps, more
Aid links: donor fatigue, poverty measures, Syrian camps, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
Pacific links: call to close bases, deep sea struggles, more
Pacific links: call to close bases, deep sea struggles, more
Plus money for regional infrastructure, Fiji election results, and links from the Pacific islands region.
Dimly lit renewable energy initiatives for the Pacific
Dimly lit renewable energy initiatives for the Pacific
Population, technical capacity and economies of scale stand in the way to renewable energy in the region.
Pacific links: APEC reactions, “a summit like no other”, more
Pacific links: APEC reactions, “a summit like no other”, more
Navy bases, journalist suspension, deals with China, and stories from the Pacific islands region.
Aid links: bad weather for the Rohingya, Oxfam scandal, more
Aid links: bad weather for the Rohingya, Oxfam scandal, more
Rohingya forced to abandon their only shelter during landslides, floods, and unexpected events.
Pacific links: APEC underway, banking on the region, more
Pacific links: APEC underway, banking on the region, more
The summit comes to Port Moresby, PNG’s health problems in the spotlight, and stories from the Pacific islands region.
Aid links: markets from space, a kink in a “nudge” policy, more
Aid links: markets from space, a kink in a “nudge” policy, more
Working for a ride-sharing app in Africa, “invisible countries”, and links from the aid and development sector.
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