Professional History: Astrid Rosemary Ndagano Haas is an independent feminist urban economist whose work spans research and practice, focusing on supporting cities with strategy and governance related to financing public infrastructure and services. Her work centres on how cities can unlock funding and financing for inclusive, equitable, and sustainable urban development.

She has advised local and national governments across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Egypt, among others, and has presented her work to heads of state, ministers, and mayors across the globe. Her institutional collaborators have included the African Development Bank, United Nations agencies, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, bilateral partners, and city networks including the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, amongst otheres. Astrid has published extensively on urban finance and municipal governance, spoken at high-level international forums, and written opinion pieces for several international media outlets.

Astrid currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Mawazo Institute. She holds appointments as an Urban Fellow at the Africa Urban Lab at the African School of Economics, a Research Associate at the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town and at ODI, and an external advisor to the African Cities Research Consortium. She also teaches as an Adjunct Professor at University of Hong Kong. She was selected for the Leading in Public Life program at the University of Cape Town, and the Outstanding Recent Graduate Award, Johns Hopkins University.

Academic and professional credentials: Bachelor of Science, Economics, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom and Madrid, Spain
Master of Arts, International Economics and International Development, Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy and Washington DC USA
Master of Science, Public Financial Management, SOAS, University of London, London United Kingdom
DPhil Candidate (on-going), Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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