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This report discusses "system leadership" needed to tackle global challenges like food security, climate change, job creation, and gender parity. System leadership can help align the efforts of diverse stakeholders in order to accelerate this process, and ensure that it delivers more sustainable, inclusive business growth and human development.

This report draws on a series of case studies to consider what works in order to deliver on the post-2015 agenda. It is clear that traditional forms of development aid will no longer be adequate and that new forms of governance, partnerships and financing – particularly between public, private and informal economy actors – will be required.

The report outlines the data around INGOs’ current approaches to making investments, receiving investments, providing technical assistance, and building the impact investing ecosystem. It then delves into some of the most important issues for INGOs, including internal capacity, organizational culture, measurement, and partnerships. Each section is complemented by short sidebars that bring these topics into greater clarity through specific examples of how INGOs are engaging. These examples are then expanded into short profiles.

Neither corporations nor social enterprises can achieve their full potential in an interconnected world without closer collaboration. The report frames four categories of corporate / social enterprise (CSE) partnerships and provides case studies of six distinct collaborations that show how hese four approaches work.

This report reviews the World Economic Forum’s New Vision for Agriculture (NVA) initiative that has supported leaders in 19 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America to develop action-oriented partnerships on the ground, mobilizing over $10.5 billion in investment commitments. The reports describes the diverse partnership models that have emerged, building upon a shared vision, a set of core principles, and series of key tactical steps that are similar across many countries.

This paper aims to explore how Corporate Impact Venturing, encompassing all ventures generating financial, strategic and social and/or environmental returns, is applied in practice, and what is needed to enable such productive partnerships between corporations and inclusive business in low-income markets of developing countries.

"This issue of (GREAT) Insights, ECDPM’s magazine covering a wide range of topics related to economic development in Africa and the developing world, focuses on partnerships with business for development."

Asia is facing simultaneously huge growth potential and increasing inequalities, with often weak national solutions to the social issues at hand. Social purpose organisations (SPOs) are seen to solve these issues sustainably. Social incubation is seen as a tool to help SPOs grow and potentially build a pipeline for social investors. This paper presents insights from surveying 15 social incubators in Asa which have existed for at least two years. 

This publication provides a conceptual and case-based exploration of scaling impact in relation to PPPs. It seeks to unpack the concept of scaling and create conceptual clarity by presenting an overview of the terms, frameworks, and models used in relation to scaling. It aims at understanding the specific role of PPPs in scaling and at supporting practitioners in getting to grips with different scaling approaches.

This research draws on case studies to highlight strategies for good incubation in challenging environments. What does effective social incubation look like? How can incubators work effectively in areas where enterprise support is less well-developed? The report offers advice to incubation managers and other ecosystem players, from policymakers to funders alike.