Social Impact Investment: The Impact Imperative for Sustainable Development

https://oe.cd/SII2019

24 Pages Posted: 6 Jan 2022

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Karen E. Wilson

GV Partners; Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

Date Written: January 17, 2019

Abstract

This document presents the highlights of the 2019 publication Social Impact Invesment: The Impact Imperative for Sustainable Development which was a sequel to the OECD 2015 report on Social Impact Investment (SII), Building the Evidence Base. The 2019 publication brings new evidence on the role of SII in financing sustainable development. It depicts the state of play of SII approaches globally, comparing regional trends, and assesses its prospects, with a special focus on data issues and recent policy developments. Importantly, it provides guidance for policy makers in OECD and non-OECD countries, as well as providers of development co-operation, development financers, social impact investment practitioners and the private sector more broadly, to help them maximise the contribution of social impact investing to the 2030 Agenda. In particular, it provides four sets of recommendations on financing, innovation, data and policy for delivering on the “impact imperative” of financing sustainable development.

Keywords: Impact investment, social investment, sustainable investment, SDGs, sustainable development, social finance

JEL Classification: O19,O35,O39,O00,A13,F30,F63,F68,G00,H00,I00,M00,O00

Suggested Citation

Wilson, Karen E., Social Impact Investment: The Impact Imperative for Sustainable Development (January 17, 2019). https://oe.cd/SII2019 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3331887 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3331887

Karen E. Wilson (Contact Author)

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