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Impact investing: harnessing capital markets to solve problems at scale

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  • Antony Bugg-Levine
  • John Goldstein

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There is not enough charitable and government capital to meet the social and environmental challenges we face. Where, then, will we find the money to complement charity and government to bring solutions to scale? The Rockefeller Foundation launched its Harnessing the Power of Impact Investing initiative in November 2008 because it believes that impact investing can be part of the answer. Imprint Capital was similarly founded in 2007 to help the growing ranks of institutions and high-net-worth individuals create and execute strategies to drive impact with their investments.

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  • Antony Bugg-Levine & John Goldstein, 2009. "Impact investing: harnessing capital markets to solve problems at scale," Community Development Innovation Review, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue 2, pages 30-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedfcr:y:2009:p:30-41:n:v.5no.2
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    1. Clarkin John E. & L. Cangioni Carole, 2016. "Impact Investing: A Primer and Review of the Literature," Entrepreneurship Research Journal, De Gruyter, vol. 6(2), pages 135-173, April.
    2. Colby Dailey & Ben Thornley, 2010. "Building scale in community impact investing through nonfinancial performance measurement," Community Development Innovation Review, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue 01, pages 01-46.
    3. Icíar C. Jiménez-Barandalla & Carlos Velasco-Márquez, 2023. "Inversión sostenible y de impacto para la viabilidad financiera de la empresa social. El caso Liight," Estudios Gerenciales, Universidad Icesi, vol. 39(166), pages 67-76, March.
    4. Othmar Manfred Lehner & Alex Nicholls & Sarah Beatrice Kapplmüller, 2022. "Arenas of Contestation: A Senian Social Justice Perspective on the Nature of Materiality in Impact Measurement," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 179(4), pages 971-989, September.
    5. Céline Louche & Daniel Arenas & Katinka Cranenburgh, 2012. "From Preaching to Investing: Attitudes of Religious Organisations Towards Responsible Investment," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 110(3), pages 301-320, October.
    6. Contreras-Pacheco, Orlando E. & Barbosa, Alejandra E., 2016. "Financiación al Desarrollo Sostenible a través de Inversiones de Impacto - Hacia la Construcción de un Framework Teórico [Financing Sustainable Development through Impact Investments - Towards a Th," MPRA Paper 88139, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Anirudh Agrawal & Kai Hockerts, 2019. "Impact Investing Strategy: Managing Conflicts between Impact Investor and Investee Social Enterprise," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-21, July.
    8. Guillermo Casasnovas & Jessica Jones, 2022. "Who Has a Seat at the Table in Impact Investing? Addressing Inequality by Giving Voice," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 179(4), pages 951-969, September.
    9. Ivan Stepanets & Leila Shafiieva, 2021. "Development of conceptual provisions for investment support of balanced socio-economic development of the region," Technology audit and production reserves, Socionet;Technology audit and production reserves, vol. 4(4(60)), pages 52-56.
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