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MDBs for a Global Future
Broader mandates, better governance, and modern business models at the MDBs to address global challenges.

About the project
The COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis have instilled a fresh sense of collective urgency around the importance of protecting and investing in global public goods. CGD is conducting rigorous research and proposing practical solutions to drive broader mandates, better governance, and modern business models at the MDBs to address global challenges.
Featured Work
Forging an MDB System: Strategy and Governance
Nancy Lee et al.
The Stretch Fund
Nancy Lee et al.
Rethinking the Bank Model for More Climate Financing
Clemence Landers et al.
Half a Trillion in Dry Powder?
Clemence Landers et al.
A Bank for the World
Ranil Dissanayake et al.




Featured Work
Contact
For more information, contact Clemence Landers.

Contact
For more information, contact Clemence Landers.
Experts

Amanda Glassman
Amanda Glassman was the Center for Global Development's executive vice president, a senior fellow, and also served as chief executive officer of CGD Europe. Her research focused on...

Charles Kenny
Charles Kenny is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. His current work focuses on global economic prospects, gender and development, and development finance. He is...

Clemence Landers
Clemence Landers is a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development.
Prior to joining CGD, she worked at the U.S. Treasury Department on U.S. engagement with the mul...

Daouda Sembene
Daouda Sembene is a Distinguished Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development. He was previously a senior economic advisor to the President of Senegal. Daouda was also...

Mark Plant
Mark Plant is the Chief Operating Officer, CEO of CGD Europe, and Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Global Development. His appointment to CGD follows a long career at the Int...

Masood Ahmed
Masood Ahmed is president of the Center for Global Development. He joined the Center in January 2017, capping a 35-year career driving economic development policy initiatives relat...

Nancy Lee
Nancy Lee is a senior policy fellow and Director for Sustainable Development Finance at the Center for Global Development. She is also a senior advisor at the Center for Strat...

Scott Morris
Scott Morris was a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and director of the center’s US Development Policy program. His research addressed development finance issues,...
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