The Global Development Network (GDN) is a global network of policy making institutes, research institutes and researchers both in developing and developed countries, with the purpose of facilitating knowledge sharing on development among the researchers and policy makers in developing and developed countries, and bridging the gap between ideas and policies.

By disseminating current development-related information from research institutes to policy matters, and by working to empower institutes and researchers of developing countries, GDN seeks to contribute to more effective development around the world.