Which MDBs are you entitled to work for?

A breakdown of MDB nationality requirements by country

Each bank is pretty picky about who gets to apply.

They only take applications from people who are citizens of their member countries. I know, I know...

But don't worry - I've got your back.

I made you a cheat sheet that breaks down exactly which passports get you into which MDBs.

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A breakdown of MDB nationality requirements by country:

• 🇦🇫 Afghanistan – ADB, AIIB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇦🇱 Albania – BSTDB, CEB, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇩🇿 Algeria – AFESD, AIIB, AfDB, EBRD, IsDB, NDB, OFID, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇦🇩 Andorra – CEB

• 🇦🇴 Angola – AFC, AfDB, WBG

• 🇦🇮 Anguilla – CDB

• 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda – CAF, CDB, WBG

• 🇦🇷 Argentina – AIIB, AfDB, CABEI, CAF, FONPLATA, IDB, WBG

• 🇦🇲 Armenia – ADB, BSTDB, EBRD, EDB, WBG

• 🇦🇺 Australia – ADB, AIIB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇦🇹 Austria – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – ADB, AIIB, BSTDB, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇧🇸 Bahamas – CAF, CDB, IDB, WBG

• 🇧🇭 Bahrain – AFESD, AIIB, BADEA, IsDB, WBG

• 🇧🇩 Bangladesh – ADB, AIIB, IsDB, NDB, WBG

• 🇧🇧 Barbados – CAF, CDB, IDB, WBG

• 🇧🇾 Belarus – AIIB, EBRD, EDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇧🇪 Belgium – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇧🇿 Belize – CABEI, CDB, IDB, WBG

• 🇧🇯 Benin – AFC, AIIB, AfDB, BOAD/WADB, EBID, EBRD, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇧🇹 Bhutan – ADB, WBG

• 🇧🇴 Bolivia – CAF, FONPLATA, IDB, WBG

• 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina – CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇧🇼 Botswana – AFC, AfDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇧🇷 Brazil – AIIB, AfDB, CAF, CDB, FONPLATA, IDB, NDB, WBG

• 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands – CDB

• 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam – ADB, AIIB, WBG

• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria – BSTDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso – AFC, AfDB, BOAD/WADB, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇧🇮 Burundi – AFC, AfDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇰🇭 Cambodia – ADB, WBG

• 🇨🇲 Cameroon – AfDB, AFC, BDEAC, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇨🇦 Canada – AfDB, CABEI, CDB, EBRD, IDB, WBG

• 🇨🇻 Cape Verde – AfDB, AFC, EBID, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands – CDB

• 🇨🇫 Central African Republic – AfDB, BDEAC, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇹🇩 Chad – AfDB, AFC, BDEAC, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇨🇱 Chile – AIIB, CAF, IDB, WBG

• 🇨🇳 China – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CABEI, CDB, EBRD, IDB, NDB, WBG

• 🇨🇴 Colombia – CABEI, CAF, CDB, IDB, WBG

• 🇰🇲 Comoros – AFESD, AFC, AfDB, IsDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇨🇩 DR Congo – AfDB, AFC, TDB, WBG

• 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo – AfDB, AFC, BDEAC, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇨🇷 Costa Rica – CABEI, CAF, IDB, WBG

• 🇭🇷 Croatia – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, IDB, WBG

• 🇨🇺 Cuba – CABEI, IIB

• 🇨🇾 Cyprus – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇨🇿 Czechia – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇩🇰 Denmark – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, NIB, WBG

• 🇩🇯 Djibouti – AFC, AFESD, AfDB, IsDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇩🇲 Dominica – CDB, WBG

• 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic – CABEI, CAF, IDB, WBG

• 🇪🇨 Ecuador – AIIB, CAF, IDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇪🇬 Egypt – AFESD, AIIB, AfDB, BADEA, EBRD, TDB, IsDB, NDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇸🇻 El Salvador – AIIB, CABEI, CAF, IDB, WBG

• 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea – AfDB, BDEAC, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇪🇷 Eritrea – AFC, AfDB, TDB

• 🇪🇪 Estonia – CEB, EBRD, EIB, NIB, WBG

• 🇸🇿 Eswatini – AfDB, AFC, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia – AFC, AfDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇫🇯 Fiji – ADB, WBG

• 🇫🇮 Finland – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, NIB, WBG

• 🇫🇷 France – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇬🇦 Gabon – AfDB, AFC, BDEAC, OFID, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇬🇲 Gambia – AFC, AfDB, EBID, IsDB, WBG

• 🇬🇪 Georgia – ADB, AIIB, CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇩🇪 Germany – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇬🇭 Ghana – AFC, AIIB, AfDB, EBID, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇬🇮 Grenada – CDB, WBG

• 🇬🇹 Guatemala – CABEI, CAF, IDB, WBG

• 🇬🇳 Guinea – AFC, AIIB, AfDB, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau – AFC, AfDB, BOAD/WADB, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇬🇾 Guyana – CDB, IDB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇭🇹 Haiti – CAF, CDB, IDB, WBG

• 🇭🇳 Honduras – CABEI, IDB, WBG

• 🇭🇰 Hong Kong – ADB, AIIB

• 🇭🇺 Hungary – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇮🇸 Iceland – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, NIB, WBG

• 🇮🇳 India – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, EBRD, NDB, WBG

• 🇮🇩 Indonesia – ADB, AIIB, IsDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇮🇷 Iran – AIIB, IsDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇮🇶 Iraq – AFESD, AIIB, BADEA, EBRD, IsDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇮🇪 Ireland – AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇮🇱 Israel – ADB, AIIB, EBRD, IDB, WBG

• 🇮🇹 Italy – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇯🇲 Jamaica – CAF, CDB, IDB, WBG

• 🇯🇵 Japan – ADB, AfDB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇯🇴 Jordan – AFESD, AIIB, BADEA, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – ADB, AIIB, EBRD, EDB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇰🇪 Kenya – AFC, AIIB, AfDB, EADB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇰🇮 Kiribati – ADB, WBG

• 🇰🇼 Kuwait – AFESD, BADEA, IsDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan – ADB, AIIB, EBRD, EDB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇱🇦 Laos – ADB, AIIB, WBG

• 🇱🇻 Latvia – CEB, EBRD, EIB, NIB, WBG

• 🇱🇧 Lebanon – AFESD, BADEA, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇱🇸 Lesotho – AfDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇱🇷 Liberia – AFC, AfDB, EBID, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇱🇾 Libya – AFESD, AIIB, BADEA, EBRD, IsDB, OFID, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇱🇹 Lithuania – CEB, EBRD, EIB, NIB, WBG

• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇲🇴 Macau – (no MDB membership)

• 🇲🇬 Madagascar – AFC, AIIB, AfDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇲🇼 Malawi – AFC, AfDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇲🇾 Malaysia – ADB, AIIB, IsDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇲🇻 Maldives – ADB, AIIB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇲🇱 Mali – AFC, AfDB, BOAD/WADB, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇲🇹 Malta – CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇭🇲 Marshall Islands – ADB, PIDB, WBG

• 🇲🇶 Mauritania – AFC, AFESD, AfDB, BADEA, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇲🇺 Mauritius – AFC, AfDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇲🇽 Mexico – CABEI, CDB, EBRD, IDB, IsDB, NADB, WBG

• 🇫🇲 Micronesia – ADB, PIDB, WBG

• 🇩🇲 Moldova – BSTDB, CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇲🇳 Mongolia – ADB, AIIB, EBRD, IBEC, IIB, WBG

• 🇲🇪 Montenegro – CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇲🇦 Morocco – AFESD, AIIB, AfDB, BADEA, EBRD, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇲🇿 Mozambique – AfDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇲🇲 Myanmar – ADB, AIIB, WBG

• 🇳🇦 Namibia – AFDB, AFC, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇳🇷 Nauru – ADB, WBG

• 🇳🇵 Nepal – ADB, AIIB, WBG

• 🇳🇱 Netherlands – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇳🇿 New Zealand – AIIB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇳🇮 Nicaragua – CABEI, IDB, WBG

• 🇳🇪 Niger – AFC, AfDB, BOAD/WADB, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇳🇬 Nigeria – AFC, AIIB, AfDB, EBID, EBRD, OFID, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇳🇴 Norway – AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, NIB, WBG

• 🇴🇲 Oman – AFESD, AIIB, BADEA, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇵🇰 Pakistan – ADB, AIIB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇵🇼 Palau – ADB, AIIB, PIDB, WBG

• 🇵🇸 Palestine – AFESD, BADEA, IsDB

• 🇵🇦 Panama – CABEI, CAF, IDB, WBG

• 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea – ADB, WBG

• 🇵🇾 Paraguay – CAF, FONPLATA, IDB, WBG

• 🇵🇪 Peru – AIIB, CAF, IDB, WBG

• 🇵🇭 Philippines – ADB, AIIB, WBG

• 🇵🇱 Poland – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇵🇹 Portugal – AIIB, CAF, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇶🇦 Qatar – AFESD, BADEA, IsDB, WBG

• 🇷🇴 Romania – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇷🇺 Russia – AIIB, BSTDB, EBRD, EDB, IBEC, IIB, WBG

• 🇷🇼 Rwanda – AfDB, EBID, EADB, TDB, WBG

• 🇼🇸 Samoa – AIIB, WBG

• 🇸🇲 San Marino – CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe – AfDB, AFC, WBG

• 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – AFESD, BADEA, AIIB, IsDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇸🇳 Senegal – AFC, AfDB, BOAD/WADB, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇷🇸 Serbia – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇸🇨 Seychelles – AfDB, AFC, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone – AFC, AfDB, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇸🇬 Singapore – AIIB, ADB, WBG

• 🇸🇰 Slovakia – CEB, EBRD, EIB, WBG

• 🇸🇮 Slovenia – AIIB, CEB, EBRD, IDB, WBG

• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands – ADB, WBG

• 🇸🇴 Somalia – AFESD, AFC, AfDB, BADEA, EBID, IsDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇿🇦 South Africa – AIIB, AfDB, ShafDB, WBG, NDB

• 🇸🇸 South Sudan – AFC, AfDB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇪🇸 Spain – AIIB, AfDB, CABEI, CAF, CEB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka – AIIB, ADB, WBG

• 🇸🇩 Sudan – AFESD, AFC, AfDB, BADEA, AIIB, ShafDB, TDB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇸🇷 Suriname – CAF, IDB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇸🇪 Sweden – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, CEB, EBRD, EIB, NIB, WBG

• 🇨🇭 Switzerland – AfDB, CEB, EBRD, AIIB, WBG

• 🇸🇾 Syria – AFESD

• 🇹🇼 Taiwan – CABEI, ADB

• 🇹🇯 Tajikistan – ADB, AIIB, EBRD, EDB, IsDB, WBG

• 🇹🇿 Tanzania – AFC, AfDB, EADB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇹🇭 Thailand – AIIB, ADB, WBG

• 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste – AIIB, ADB, WBG

• 🇹🇬 Togo – AFC, AfDB, BOAD/WADB, EBID, AIIB, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇹🇴 Tonga – AIIB, ADB, WBG

• 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago – CAF, CDB, IDB, WBG

• 🇹🇳 Tunisia – AFESD, AIIB, AfDB, IsDB, ShafDB, WBG

• 🇹🇷 Türkiye – ADB, AIIB, AfDB, BSTDB, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan – AIIB, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands – CDB

• 🇹🇻 Tuvalu – ADB, WBG

• 🇺🇬 Uganda – AFC, AfDB, EADB, ShafDB, TDB, WBG

• 🇺🇦 Ukraine – BSTDB, CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates – AFESD, AIIB, BADEA, AfDB, IsDB, NDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – AfDB, ADB, AIIB, CDB, EBRD, EIB, IDB, WBG

• 🇺🇸 United States – AfDB, CABEI, CDB, EBRD, IDB, NADB, WBG

• 🇺🇾 Uruguay – AIIB, CAF, FONPLATA, IDB, WBG

• 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – AIIB, EBRD, IsDB, WBG

• 🇻🇺 Vanuatu – AIIB, ADB, WBG

• 🇻🇦 Vatican City – CEB

• 🇻🇪 Venezuela – CAF, CDB, IDB, OFID, WBG

• 🇻🇳 Vietnam – AIIB, IBEC, IIB, WBG

• 🇽🇰 Kosovo – CEB, EBRD, WBG

• 🏳 Chuuk – PIDB

• 🏳 Kosrae – PIDB

• 🏳 Marshall Islands – listed above under 🇲🇭

• 🏳 Northern Mariana Islands – PIDB

• 🏳 Palau – listed above under 🇵🇼

• 🏳 Pohnpei – PIDB

• 🏳 Yap – PIDB

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Key to MDB Abbreviations:

• AfDB – African Development Bank

• AFC – Africa Finance Corporation

• AFESD – Arab Fund

• ADB – Asian Development Bank

• AIIB – Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

• BADEA – Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa

• BSTDB – Black Sea T&D Bank

• CABEI – Central American Bank

• CAF – Development Bank of Latin America & Caribbean

• CDB – Caribbean Development Bank

• CEB – Council of Europe Development Bank

• BDEAC – Dev. Bank of Central African States

• EBID – ECOWAS Bank

• EIB – European Investment Bank

• EADB – East African Development Bank

• EDB – Eurasian Development Bank

• EBRD – European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

• FONPLATA – Plata Basin Fund

• IBEC – Int. Bank for Economic Co-operation

• IDB – Inter-American Development Bank

• IIB – Int. Investment Bank

• IsDB – Islamic Development Bank

• NADB – North American Development Bank

• NDB – New Development Bank

• NIB – Nordic Investment Bank

• OFID – OPEC Fund

• PIDB – Pacific Islands Development Bank

• ShafDB – Shelter Afrique

• TDB – Trade & Development Bank

• BOAD/WADB – West African Development Bank

• WBG – World Bank Group

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