Nancy Birdsall

Nancy Birdsall

Nancy Birdsall is president emeritus and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, which she co-founded in 2001. Prior to launching the center, Birdsall served for 14 years in research, policy, and management roles at the World Bank, and was executive vice-president of the Inter-American Development Bank.

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Opinion: Here’s a starting point to decolonize development research

Opinion: Here’s a starting point to decolonize development research

over 2 years ago // Inclusive Development

The OECD Development Centre has made a good start on facilitating new dynamics in development research that put agency in the hands of countries from the global south. Here’s how that can scale.