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The factsheet shortly explains the role of IFC in financing inclusive business endeavours. Describing untapped business opportunities among low-income communities, the article emphasizes the win-win of inclusive business models for economic growth and human development.

The Impact investing market map, provides three basic but crucial benefits to the impact investing industry: (1) a common definition of a thematic investment that is aligned with at least one international organisation, global market leader and/or data provider; (2) basic criteria that explain a theme in practical terms, including thematic and financial conditions to identify specific businesses and investments aligned with the definition provided;  (3) a list of KPIs used by the impact investing community to track and assess the environmental and social performance of a specific theme.

Securing Water for Food: A Grand Challenge for Development (SWFF) was launched by USAID and SIDA. Through SWFF these partners identify and accelerate science and technology innovations and market-driven approaches that improve water sustainability to boost food security and ultimately alleviate poverty. The report documents SWFF innovators' impact to date, major program activities and achievements, challenges that the SWFF program faced and the solutions that were developed to address those challenges.

The paper gives a general definition of inclusive business models and the base of the pyramid. Additionally IFC’s basic approach to foster inclusive business is explained as well as the process from classifying referring companies and types of inclusive business models, to reviewing them.

This article aims to illustrate how investors can help social enterprises navigate the path towards scale and sustainability by reviewing the story of Acumen investee 'Waterhealth International'. It outlines the challenges and successes faced by entrepreneurs and investors in determining the right types of capital to support the social enterprise.