A conversation with Samantha Attridge, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD)

Publication date: 29 June 2026

Podcast
Promotional graphic for the Untapped ILX podcast featuring Samantha Attridge and host Sofia Vega

Welcome to the second episode of Untapped: an ILX Podcast

Samantha Attridge explores the realities of private capital mobilisation for development, unpacking why expectations have fallen short, what constraints investors face in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs), and how approaches such as blended finance and Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) reforms can be used more effectively.