Masood Ahmed is president of the Center for Global Development and previously spent two decades driving economic development policy initiatives relating to debt, aid effectiveness, trade, and global economic prospects at the World Bank.
G-20 leaders will meet virtually Thursday to discuss a global response to the coronavirus pandemic. They must start by supporting international financial institutions to marshal the billions of dollars needed by low-income countries right now, says Masood Ahmed, president of the Center for Global Development.
We need to accept that private financing and domestic resource mobilization will not be enough to achieve the SDGs — and unleash the full financing power of our development institutions, writes CGD President Masood Ahmed.
David Malpass takes the helm of the World Bank this week. Masood Ahmed, president at the Center for Global Development, outlines an agenda for the institution's newest leader.
