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A breakdown of MDB nationality requirements by country

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If you read this newsletter, then you probably know there are about 30 multilateral development banks (MDBs) out there.

This was surprising to me, as I’d only heard of some of the big ones (World Bank, African Development Bank, etc.).

The good news is that this means there are actually a lot more options for getting a job in this space.

But the annoying news is that 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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