impact investing Archives - NextBillion

Today, we announced that we are expanding our allocation for impact investments by 50 percent, increasing this pool of capital to $750 million.

Based on our extensive engagement with other impact measurement and management (IMM) practitioners over the years, most of the impact data being collected is not actually informing decisions. It tends to be gathered mainly to satisfy investors’ requirements, and often ends up gathering digital dust. This is because IMM infrastructure was built for the investors that own or ma...

Investments that improve opportunities for women can also benefit children, families and communities. Children’s wellbeing is shaped not only by services that directly reach them, but also by the stability, agency and economic security of the adults and systems around them. Women’s economic empowerment is therefore not only a gender equality issue, but can also contribute to ...

If philanthropic capital is waiting for a rainy day to address climate change, it’s already pouring. But instead of supporting solutions to this fundamental global challenge, a significant source of funding is either lying dormant or, worse, actively contributing to the problem.

I’m referring to Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs), a type of specialized charitable giving accoun...