Roundtable on Impact Investing
A group of social innovation leaders from around the world discuss impact investing and how to make it more effective.
A group of social innovation leaders from around the world discuss impact investing and how to make it more effective.
Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference by Antony Bugg-Levine & Jed Emerson
Thomas Barry, founder of the Zephyr Management investment firm, discusses widespread opportunities for private equity investment in Africa.
Thomas Gibian, Chairman of Emerging Capital Partners, discusses the success of his organization in investing in companies across the African continent through seven funds.
Technologies that reduce costs and improve care for the underserved are often the most difficult to scale up. But a handful of strategies could turn things around.
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It's approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
A longer version of "When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?" from the Fall 2013 Up for Debate feature.