Apr

23

2025

HYBRID

2:00—3:00 PM ET | 7:00—8:00 PM BST

CGD DC Office

2055 L St NW

5th Floor

Washington, DC 20036

CGD SPRING MEETINGS EVENTS

How Do Multilateral Funds Survive the Donor Retreat?

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Opening Remarks

Clemence Landers, Vice President and Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development

Panelists

Federica Diamanti, Associate Vice-President, External Relations Department, International Fund for Agricultural Development

David Kinder, Director of Development Finance, Gavi

Bella Tonkonogy, Senior Director of Programs, Climate Policy Initiative

Valarie Dabady, Division Manager, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships, African Development Bank

Moderator

Janeen Madan Keller, Policy Fellow and Deputy Director of Global Health Policy, CGD

Multilateral concessional funds like Gavi or the World Bank’s IDA are the largest source of development finance for the world’s poorest countries. But with shrinking donor commitments, the system needs to change its business model to remain relevant.  

Join us for an event that aims to spark debate on the state of the concessional finance landscape, drawing on recent CGD research. Ideas for discussion include: Should multilateral concessional funds adapt their financial models to reduce reliance on donor support? If so, how? Are the allocation models employed by concessional funds working? And should certain funds be harmonized, or even consolidated?