Center for Global Development
The Center for Global Development is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to reducing global poverty and inequality through policy oriented research and active engagement on development issues with the policy community and the public. A principal focus of the Center's work in the policies of the United States and other industrial countries that affect development prospects in poor countries.

CGD sponsored BREAD Conferences in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Center for International Development at Harvard University
The Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID) was established on July 1, 1998, by the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) to serve as Harvard’s primary center for research on sustainable international development.

World Bank
Founded in 1944, the World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. The Bank, which provided US$19.5 billion in loans to its client countries in fiscal year 2002, is now working in more than 100 developing economies, bringing a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty.

The World Bank sponsored and hosted the 2002 BREAD Conference.