The International Advisory Group provides advice to the funding agencies on strategic directions for the Initiative as a whole, and makes final recommendations to IDRC regarding organizations to be supported by the Initiative.

Current members of the International Advisory Group are as follows; representatives of the funding agencies will also sit as members of the Group.

Business Card(s) Nancy Birdsall (United States) – President, Center for Global Development Rashad Cassim (South Africa) – Deputy Director General, Economic Statistics, Statistics South Africa Paul Collier (United Kingdom) – Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University Nicolás Ducoté (Argentina) -- Co-founder and Executive Director, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC) John Githongo (Kenya) Former Permanent Secretary for Governance and Ethics, Government of Kenya and currently Visiting Fellow, IDRC Rebeca Grynspan (Costa Rica) – Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Program Maureen O'Neil President and CEO, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Kirit Parikh (India) – Member, Planning Commission, Government of India Marie-Angélique Savané (Senegal) – Member and former Chair of the Panel of Eminent Persons, African Peer Review Mechanism