Impact investment and finance
We provide evidence on what works in financial inclusion and impact investing, assessing whether investments are additional to the market, mobilisation of finance and development impact and generating learning on what works in supporting poor people to access and use savings and lending mechanisms.
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A brief introduction: Contribution Analysis and Bayesian Confidence Updating
This paper provides an introduction to contribution analysis and outlines how it establishes whether or not an intervention or...
Inception Report: Study of CDC’s mobilisation of private investment
This Inception Report describes our proposed approach to the longitudinal evaluation of CDC’s ability to mobilise private...
New lessons from Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab partners
Partners from the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab have recently shared lessons from their work in financial...
New paper on African investments: The limits of job creation and social metrics
Metrics are useful, and the widespread use of standardised metrics and ratings have been helpful over the years. Still, many...
Zoë Sutherland
Zoe Sutherland has 10 years' experience in developing monitoring systems and evaluating social outcomes of investments,...
Beyond venture capital: Being purposeful about investing in Ghana
Our new paper on African investments offers insights into improving social benefits: it can be achieved but requires...
Savings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Access, Policies and Priorities
Saving hasn't kept up with access in the growth of financial inclusion. A new report sets out to understand trends in savings...
Blended finance & addressing the evidence gap – Reflections from an OECD workshop
Earlier this week I was at an OECD workshop hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Webinar: Navigating the Evidence on Savings-Focused Financial Inclusion
The official launch of the Savings Evidence Map took place in October 2018, with an interactive demonstration on how to access...
Nesta Impact Investments – Impact Strategy Audit Report
Itad conducted an Impact Strategy Audit of Nesta Impact Investments (NII). This assessed their use of the strategy and...
Itad’s Impact Strategy Audit of Nesta Impact Investments: What value did it offer for Nesta and the impact investing industry, and what next?
Itad conducted an Impact Strategy Audit of Nesta Impact Investments between October 2017 and January 2018 and we believe this...
Evaluation of Transformational Change in Climate Investment Funds
The concept of transformational change has attracted significant attention as a way to create the profound shifts needed to...
Savings count: Trends in access, use and the ecosystem of savings in Sub-Saharan Africa
The consistent use of financial services can help the world’s poorest people better manage risks, step out of poverty and...
Briefing paper – Savings count: Trends in access, use and the ecosystem of savings in sub-Saharan Africa
The consistent use of financial services can help the world’s poorest people better manage risks, step out of poverty and...
Impact Strategy Audit for Nesta Impact Investments
Nesta Impact Investments provides finance to innovative, high-growth businesses that address major social problems within...
Evaluation of Alterna’s direct support to ventures
Alterna has over seven years of experience creating their own social ventures from the ideation stage, as well as cultivating...
