The Center for Global Development

The Center for Global Development works to reduce global poverty and inequality through rigorous research and active engagement with the policy community to make the world a more prosperous, just, and safe place for us all. The policies and practices of the rich and the powerful—in rich nations, as well as in the emerging powers, international institutions, and global corporations—have significant impacts on the world's poor people. We aim to improve these policies and practices through research and policy engagement to expand opportunities, reduce inequalities, and improve lives everywhere. By pairing research with action, CGD goes beyond contributing to knowledge about development. We conceive of and advocate for practical policy innovations in areas such as trade, aid, health, education, climate change, labor mobility, private investment, access to finance, and global governance to foster shared prosperity in an increasingly interdependent world.

Board of Directors

Edward Scott Chair

Nancy Birdsall President

Timothy D. Adams

Q. Munir Alam

C. Fred Bergsten

Henrietta H. Fore

David Gergen

Thomas R. Gibian

David F. Gordon

C. Boyden Gray

Bradley Horwitz

Enrique V. Iglesias

Kassahun Kebede

Susan B. Levine

David Lindauer (ex officio)

John Lipsky

Mark Malloch-Brown

Edward E. McNally

Robert Mosbacher Jr.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Dina Habib Powell

Sheryl Sandberg

S. Jacob Scherr

Smita Singh

Lawrence H. Summers

Toni G. Verstandig

Honorary Members

John L. Hennessy

Sir Colin Lucas

Amartya K. Sen

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Advisory Group

David Lindauer Chair

Masood Ahmed

Pranab Bardham

Jere Behrman

David Bloom

John Briscoe

Thomas Carothers

Kemal Derviş

Shanta Devarajan

Esther Duflo

William Easterly

Kristin Forbes

Carol Graham

Simon Johnson

Anne Krueger

Gina Lambright

Nancy Lee

Mark Medish

Edward Miguel

Jonathan Morduch

Deepa Narayan

Jane Nelson

Emily Oster

Rohini Pande

Raymond Robertson

Dani Rodrik

David Rothkopf

Andrew Steer

Rebecca Thornton

Nicolas van de Walle

Eric Werker

John Williamson

Ngaire Woods

Ernesto Zedillo