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Praise for Impact Investing
"My experience with eBay demonstrated that you can do well by doing good. Impact Investing explores this important idea and provides many examples of the social impact that a for-profit business can ignite." —Pierre Omidyar, founder and chairman, eBay; founding partner, Omidyar Network
"An informative and perceptive insight into the world of impact investment." —Ronald Cohen, cofounder, Apax Partners; chairman, the Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures
"In business schools around the world, impact investing is hot. For all those young professionals and their teachers, Bugg-Levine and Emerson, pioneers of the field, have written a great introduction to the realities of using markets to address society's problems." —Michael Chu, professor, Harvard Business School; cofounder, IGNIA Fund
"An insightful, compelling, and highly readable road map for investors and their wealth managers seeking to achieve blended value. As global thought leaders in impact investing, Bugg-Levine and Emerson share their perspectives and real-life examples of investors and investments achieving a combination of financial and social/environmental returns. It's a must-read for anyone interested in how investment can tackle the world's toughest problems." —Ron D. Cordes, cochairman, Genworth Financial Wealth Management; coauthor, The Art of Investing and Portfolio Management
"Impact investing just might be the game-changer we need in the quest to end poverty. Building on the forces of socially responsible investment, microfinance, and many others, impact investing shows that we can solve many of the world's social problems while making attractive financial returns. This superb book is a clear and compelling guide to any reader who wants to be a part of this powerful new force in development. The book is fresh and accessible, with an eye for metaphor and self-deprecation that is rare and welcome among policy wonks."—Elizabeth Littlefield, president and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; former CEO, CGAP
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xxi
Part One
THE TERRAIN OF IMPACT INVESTING 1
1 A MightyWave 3
2 Impact Investing in International Development 19
3 Microfinance: Still the Best Brand in Development? 39
4 Impact Investing in Social Enterprises: Flourishing in the ‘‘Confusing Mess’’ 61
5 Where Is Impact Investing Headed? 85
Part Two
THE IMPLICATIONS OF IMPACT INVESTING 109
6 How Will We Regulate Impact Investing? 111
7 How Will We Cultivate Transformational Leadership? 141
8 How Will We Measure Blended Value? 163
9 How Will We Unlock Philanthropic Capital?
Total Foundation Asset Management 187
10 How Will We Move the Money? 217
11 How Will We See the Forest and the Trees? Creating the New Ecosystem of Impact Investing for Blended Value 251
Notes 263
Further Reading 269
The Authors 283
Disclosure 285
Index 287
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Posted October 27, 2011
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Praise for Impact Investing
"My experience with eBay demonstrated that you can do well by doing good. Impact Investing explores this important idea and provides many examples of the social impact that a for-profit business can ignite." —Pierre Omidyar, founder and chairman, eBay; founding partner, Omidyar Network
"An informative and perceptive insight into the world of impact investment." —Ronald Cohen, cofounder, Apax Partners; chairman, the Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures
"In business schools around the ...