Dr Dyah (Prita) Pritadrajati

Dr Dyah (Prita) Pritadrajati is a Research Fellow at the Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre. Her work focuses on gender, labour markets, demographic change, and social policy across the Indo-Pacific, with a particular interest in how evidence can inform more effective, inclusive, and forward-looking public policy.

Drawing on experience across research and policy, Dr Pritadrajati works on issues including women’s economic participation, childcare, informality, social protection, education, and migration. Her research spans Southeast Asia and the Pacific, particularly Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and the Pacific Islands, and has been published in international journals including Labour Economics, Journal of Development Studies, and Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies.Before joining the Lowy Institute, Dr Pritadrajati worked with the World Bank on research covering labour markets, informality, poverty, childcare, and national statistical systems across Southeast Asia and the Pacific. She also consulted for the Asian Development Bank, specialising in monitoring and evaluation and impact evaluation of social protection and nutrition programs. Earlier in her career, she worked with Indonesia’s Executive Office of the President on economic policy and development issues. Her work has contributed to policy discussions and reform efforts across the region.Dr Pritadrajati completed her PhD in Economics at the Australian National University. She also holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Economics from Universitas Gadjah Mada, where she graduated as valedictorian. During her doctoral studies, she was a Fox International Fellow at Yale University and a Pacific Trade and Development (PAFTAD) Fellow.