Nasirra Ahsan
Research Assistant, Pacific Aid Map
Biography
Publications
Nasirra Ahsan is a Research Assistant in the Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre working on the Pacific Aid Map, an analytical tool designed to enhance aid effectiveness in the Pacific.
Nasirra joined the Lowy Institute in 2024 and previously worked as a research consultant for The World Bank in Bangladesh and Australia where she served a wide range of teams including Education, Chief Economists Office, and Communications. She holds a Master of Science in Economics from the Queen Mary University of London.
Reports
Pacific Aid Map 2024 - Key Findings Report
The annual Pacific Aid Map — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018 — is a comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in the Pacific Islands region…
Interactives
Pacific Aid Map 2024
A comprehensive database tracking official development finance (ODF) flows in the Pacific Islands region, the seventh edition of the Pacific Aid Map encompasses the period from…
Pacific education: Backsliding outcomes and a financing freefall
Education indicators were already flat or falling before the pandemic and are getting worse. But development priorities are focused elsewhere.
