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This report examines the interest of market intermediaries and facilitators in supporting social enterprises (SEs) and impact investment platforms, such as a regional stock exchange, in Asia.

This policy review and recommendations document elaborates on the recommendations of the G-20 SME Finance Sub-Group specifically as they relate to access to finance for agricultural SMEs. It reviews promising approaches, including innovative financial instruments such as value chain finance, warehouse receipts, branchless banking, and index-based insurance schemes.

This in-depth case study profiles five investees of the Gatsby-supported private equity fund African Agricultural Capital. It seeks to evaluate the direct impact of the investments on the investee companies and their employees, suppliers and customers.

This case study presents a business model of the Indonesian company Rajawali, which integrates Indonesian taxi drivers as Business Partners in the core activities of its subsidiary Express Taxi. By providing access to capital and training Express Taxi redefined the traditional business model between large transport companies and drivers’ groups. The case examines the challenges and opportunities of such a partnership in the context of income generation for the poor and reliability and safety for the general public.

This is the report of the Impact Investor Assessment conducted as a part of the ADB regional research and development technical assistance project: Developing a Regional Social Investment Exchange Initiative.

This journal provides a series of articles on the topic of social impact investing including: 'an introduction to social investment'; 'Impact Investing: transforming how we make money while making a difference'; and 'mission, margin, mandate: multiple paths to scale'.

Esta publicación presenta seis modelos de negocios inclusivos en diversos temas que han sido exitosos por parte de la cartera de inversiones de la Corporación Financiera internacional. Se resumen los modelos, se exponen y analizan las razones por las cuales han sido exitosos, esto con el objetivo de servir a personas del sector privado que estén interesadasen iniciar un modelo de negocios inclusivo.

This paper aims to identify market mechanisms, which can be used to increase the efficiency of invested capital, resulting in greater liquidity opportunities for investors. To examine the potential role of horizontal capital aggregation within the impact sector, the research analysed the following impact-investing attributes: sources of funding for SGBs, the terms of impact capital prior to investment, the qualitative and quantitative investment outcomes desired, and the market conditions that could serve to facilitate horizontal aggregation.

This case study looks at the development impact that Acumen, a venture capital firm that uses entrepreneurial approaches to tackle problems of poverty has had since its founding in 2001. The article examines what role social venture capital firms can play in global health; how social venture firms can support investees; and what challenges social venture capital firms experience when scaling up enterprises.

This report discusses what networks for social change are and provides a guide for grant makers, individuals and foundations interested in catalysing networks in order to build and boost the impact of their philanthropy. It covers the topics 'working with a network mind-set', 'cultivating networks', 'assessing and learning about network impact' and it concludes with helpful resources to read on the subject.