Scaling Impact. Finance and Investment for a Better World

Scaling Impact. Finance and Investment for a Better World – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783031226137,3031226135,9783031226144, 3031226143

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• ISBN 10: 3031226143
• ISBN 13: 9783031226144
• Author: Kusisami Hornberger

The global challenges confronting us — climate change, poverty, inequality, and many others — can feel overwhelming. Those of us who believe in market-based solutions to these challenges get even more disheartened when we regularly see our existing capitalist system failing us, often causing more harm than good. Many examples show how the capitalist tools of finance and investment can and make real, positive impact. Approaches like blended finance and impact investing can help accelerate progress against the world’s biggest remaining collective challenges.  Yet use of these improved capitalist approaches remains far too subscale. Blended finance and impact investing remain 15 to 200 times smaller than traditional approaches to finance and investment.  How can we continue to make capitalism work better by scaling these approaches and others? This book looks at how we can start making these necessary changes using strategies, structures, and practices that take advantage ofcapitalism’s strengths. Its goal is to demonstrate how a reimagined financial system can be more inclusive and accountable to all. By shifting away from extractive, short-term practices in the name of shareholder primacy, we can move toward a system that values the role of all stakeholders.

Table of contents:

1. 1. Introduction
2. Part I. Seek Financial Health, Not Financial Access
3. 2. Reassess the Financial Inclusion Revolution
4. 3. Design Services That Build Financial Health
5. 4. “Measure Impact with Client Voices”—An Interview with Sasha Dichter
6. Part II. Provide Patient Capital, Not Venture Capital
7. 5. Better Understand the Diverse Needs of Enterprises
8. 6. Explore Alternative Approaches to Better Serve Enterprise Needs
9. 7. “Reimagine Approaches to Provide Capital”—An Interview with Chris Jurgens
10. Part III. Be an Impact-First Investor, Not an ESG Investor
11. 8. The Difference Between ESG and Impact Investing and Why It Matters
12. 9. Raising the Bar on Impact Management and Measurement
13. 10. “Mainstream Impact Management”—An Interview with Olivia Prentice
14. Part IV. Offer Catalytic Finance, Not Just Blended Finance
15. 11. Unleashing Private Capital for Global Development
16. 12. Scaling Blended Finance Effectively
17. 13. “Challenge the Development Finance Status Quo”—An Interview with Joan Larrea
18. Part V. Measure Success Based on Results, Not Activities
19. 14. The Unrealized Potential of Results-Based Finance
20. 15. When, How, and Why to Use Impact Bonds
21. 16. “Link Financial Incentives to Impact”—An Interview with Bjoern Struewer
22. Part VI. Provide Capacity Building, Not Just Capital
23. 17. Enhancing Impact with Capacity-Building Services
24. 18. Fulfilling the Potential of Capacity-Building Services
25. 19. “Scale Based on Evidence of Effectiveness”—An Interview with Nicholas Colloff
26. 20. Conclusion—What We Can Do to Scale Impact

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