John W. McArthur is a senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He is also a senior adviser to the UN Foundation and a board governor for the International Development Research Centre.
He was previously the chief executive officer of Millennium Promise, the international nongovernmental organization, was manager and then deputy director of the UN Millennium Project, and senior fellow with the Hong Kong-based Fung Global Institute among others. He recently co-edited the book “From Summits to Solutions: Innovations in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals” (Brookings Press, 2018).