World Bank

The elephants in the room at the annual International Monetary Fund/World Bank meeting in Lima, Peru, were the China-inspired Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and New Development Bank (or “BRICS Development Bank,” as it was originally called). The real...

At a time of resurgence for multilateral development banks (MDBs), something that few might have predicted just five years ago, the Center for Global Development will convene a high level panel to consider the future of multilateral development banking.

We are delighted to see that Nora Lustig, a CGD non-resident fellow and head of the Tulane University Commitment to Equity Institute is one of eight distinguished economists appointed to the core group of a new Global Poverty Commission announced this week by World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik ...