Explores the wide-ranging applications of impact investing as well as entrepreneuri
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xxi
Part One The Terrain of Impact Investing 1
1 A Mighty Wave 3
2 Impact Investing in International Development 19
3 Microfinance: Still the Best Brand in Development? 39
4 Impact Investing in Social Enterprises: Flourishing in the ‘‘Confusing Mess’’ 61
5 Where Is Impact Investing Headed? 85
Part Two The Implications of Impact Investing 109
6 How Will We Regulate Impact Investing? 111
7 How Will We Cultivate Transformational Leadership? 141
8 How Will We Measure Blended Value? 163
9 How Will We Unlock Philanthropic Capital? Total Foundation Asset Management 187
10 How Will We Move the Money? 217
11 How Will We See the Forest and the Trees? Creating the New Ecosystem of Impact Investing for Blended Value 251
Notes 263
Further Reading 269
The Authors 283
Disclosure 285
Index 287
