MDBs need to be bolder, bigger: 15th Finance Commission chairman N K Singh

N K Singh, co-chair of the G20 expert group on strengthening MDBs and chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, says he is expecting tangible progress on the MDB reform agenda in the upcoming meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Marrakesh, Morocco. In a telephonic interview with Ruchika Chitravanshi, Singh talks about risk mitigation for private capital in MDBs, priority areas for the next finance commission and whether it should be made a permanent body. Edited excerpts: 

The G20 Delhi declaration welcomed the expert group’s report, but members are looking forward to volume two to get the whole