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Infrastructure Economics and Finance

School Research Theme:听Economics and financing听of the built environment听
Research supervisors:听Prof D'Maris Coffman;听; ;听Dr听Ian Hamilton听听
Award of PhD date: 28 February 2021
Thesis title: The political economy of hydropower dependent nations - a case study of Zambia
Funding sources: UCL BSSC, International Growth Centre, Goodenough College

Current roles:

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow:听WASH resilient recovery, Resilient Schools Hub in partnership with Universitas Syiah Kuala TDMRC and Universitas Tadulako in Indonesia
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow:听TEG Cookstove Project in partnership with Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi听听
• Energy and Climate Advisor, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change
• Executive Member, Liberal International Climate Justice Committee
• Academic Board Member, Paddy Ashdown Forum

Former roles:

• Senior Economist,听
• Research Project Manager for听
• Teaching Fellow to听MSc Infrastructure Investment and Finance听and听MSc Construction Economics and听Management听students
• Captain, Goodenough Cricket Club
• Violinist, Good Ensemble听

Prior to my PhD, I helped the Rwandan government execute award-winning and innovative infrastructure projects as its PPP Transactions Advisor from 2012-2016, and developed investment presentation and appraisal tools and contributed to Rwanda鈥檚 laws on PPPs and investment promotion as a Special Policy Advisor to Rwanda鈥檚 Treasury to the Secretary. 听

Before that, I worked in African private equity in London. I have a Master of International Business degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where I was a Schmidheiny Global Business Scholar, with an exchange at HEC Paris, and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.

Publications and other work

Since PhD and related:

• 鈥淸The%20case%20for%20a%20European%20innovation%20seed%20fund] The case for a European innovation seed fund鈥�, November 2021. Published by the European Liberal Forum
• 鈥溾��, November 2021. Published by the European Liberal Forum
• 鈥溾��, co-authored with Gareth Walsh, Jonathan Said and Martim Faria e Maya, and a foreword by Tony Blair. Published by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, 2021
• Book, Ahmed (2021)听听(Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature)
• 鈥溾��, co-authored with Christian Ottosson, Susanna Rivero Baughman, David Zimmer, Imran Khan and Daniela Morales. Published by Liberal International, 2021
• Report chapter, 鈥溙齪ublished in International Climate Finance and support to national climate policy processes in emerging markets, co-authored with Julian Payne and Cor Majlis. Published by DIW Berlin, 2021
• Journal article: Ahmed et al (2020) , Environmental Research Letters, Vol 15 (12)
• Journal article:听, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (Elsevier/Science Direct) Vol 54, September 2020, pp 186-201
• ,听International Growth Centre blog, 31 March 2020, co-authored with Shivani Haria
• Conference presentation:听Ahmed, I (2020), "", Energy and Economic Reliability 2020,听Grid Reliability & Operations,听Movenpick Hotel, Accra, 4-5 February.听
• Working paper: Ahmed, I. et al. (2019), , International Growth Centre.听
• Broadcast economic presentation:听, ZNBC News, 5 September, 2019
• Policy Brief: Ahmed, I. et al. (2019).听,听International Growth Centre.听
• Interview: , Bartlett 100, 24 April, 2019
• Interview:听On leading Rwandan negotiations for the Kigali Water Supply Project, UCL CPM website, 15 January, 2019
• Journal book review: Ahmed, I. (2018).听, Africa, 88(4) pp 896-897. Africa听(Cambridge University Press),听7 November, 2018
• , Dawn, 7 October, 2018
• , Dawn, 18 August, 2017听
• , Financial Times, 31 July, 2017
• , Financial Times, 27 March, 2017

Since PhD and unrelated:

• Interview: , BBC Asian Network, 11 December, 2019
• Interview: , BBC Stories, 10 December, 2019
• Ahmed, I. Lib Dem Voice, 26th November, 2019
• Interview: , Trialeti TV, 23 October, 2019听
• Interview: , Through the News, 22 October, 2019
• Broadcast economic presentation:听, BBC Parliament, 16 September, 2019
• , Lib Dem Voice, 30 August, 2019
• , Lib Dem Voice, 19 August, 2019.听
• , Pakistan Today, 20 March, 2017

Pre-PhD and related:

• , Financial Times beyondbrics, 2 April, 2015
• , The Guardian Comment is Free, 2 February, 2011
• , The Guardian Comment is Free, 7 January, 2011
• , The听Boston Globe, 25 March, 2010, co-authored听