Protecting and Monitoring Impact as an Investor: Part II

By Brian Axelrad

Tactics and tools for monitoring impact investments.

Protecting and Monitoring Impact as an Investor: Part I

By Brian Axelrad

Tactics for negotiating the terms of an impact investment.

Impact Investing’s Three Measurement Tools

By Margot Brandenburg 1

IRIS, PULSE, and GIIRS may sound like alphabet soup, but a growing and dynamic industry needs all three measurement tools.

Where are the Rio+20 Billions for Distributed Solar?

By Jigar Shah 1

India and Africa are ideal markets for distributed solar—will some of the $513 billion in commitments made at Riio+20 get deployed there?

Achieving Takeoff

By Matt Bannick & Paula Goldman

Part VI in Omidyar Network’s case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.

The Development of Civil Society in China

By Jenna Nicholas 2

A look at new research on philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, and impact investing in China.

Government Matters

By Matt Bannick & Paula Goldman

Part V in Omidyar Network’s case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.

Impatient Capital

By Marcia Stepanek

Highlights from the Clinton Global Initiative 2012.

Do No Harm: Subsidies and Impact Investing

By Matt Bannick & Paula Goldman 1

Part IV in Omidyar Network’s case for a sector-based approach to impact investing.

The Rise of the Viral Fundraising Campaign

By Erika Racicot 3

"Going viral” has moved beyond satisfying our desire to be shocked and amused; it’s now tapping into our desire to help.