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.

Aid links: an escape from the resource curse, more
Aid links: an escape from the resource curse, more
Aid and the Thai cave rescue, postcards and rice, and a round-up of stories from the aid and development sector.
Aid links: empowering women, mapping welfare, more
Aid links: empowering women, mapping welfare, more
Combating “sugar daddies” in Kenya, reviewing Australian aid, and other links from the aid and development sector.
Aid links: maternal mortality, school uniforms and truancy, more
Aid links: maternal mortality, school uniforms and truancy, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
A “delicious” visit
A “delicious” visit
Emmanuel Macron’s trip to the Pacific is a reminder of French maritime power, yet be cautious about the idea of France balancing China.
Aid links: top-down development, insurance expectation, more
Aid links: top-down development, insurance expectation, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
Aid links: budget time, poverty and brain power, more
Aid links: budget time, poverty and brain power, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
Asia: jobs policy vs the machines
Asia: jobs policy vs the machines
Only politicians can stem labour-market inequality arising from new technologies.
Aid links: microfinance for farms, religion, Facebook and the poor, more
Aid links: microfinance for farms, religion, Facebook and the poor, more
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
Aid links: laptop failures, Indian justice, and Australian parsimony
Aid links: laptop failures, Indian justice, and Australian parsimony
Links and stories from the aid and development sector.
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