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    Top tips for bidding on MDB development contracts

    With 20 years' experience tracking development opportunities and advising members on how to win business, Devex shares key tips for bidding on development contracts with multilateral development banks.

    By Raquel Alcega // 16 April 2021

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    Since the start of the pandemic, multilateral development banks have channeled more official development assistance, according to data studies from Development Initiatives.

    The MDB space is competitive, with lengthy project cycles and bidding processes, so it's important that your organization has a medium-term strategy before bidding.

    With 20 years’ experience tracking development opportunities and advising members on how best to win business, Devex summarizes the key tips to consider when bidding on MDB development contracts:

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    • Raquel Alcega

      Raquel Alcega

      Raquel Alcega leads the data research and analysis at Devex, providing advice to organizations on the latest funding and programmatic trends that shape the global development space. She also heads up the news business content strategy and designs internal knowledge management processes. Prior to joining Devex’s Barcelona office, she worked in business development in Washington, D.C., and as a researcher in Russia and Mexico.

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