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Debate: Impact Investing Cannot Optimize for Impact



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The motion up for debate: "Impact Investing cannot optimize for impact; the structure of impact investing inherently limits the problems it can solve." Impact investing is now a $715 billion sector, managed by corporate private equity teams, traditional venture capital funds, aid agencies, and everyone in between. And yet, so-called impact capital flows mostly to the narrow slice of opportunities that can provide market rate returns: infrastructure, tech-enabled solutions, and financial services. Does the structure of impact investing inherently limit the problems it can solve? Or could impact investors optimize for greater impact?

Yasmina Zaidman
Chief of Development and Partnerships, Acumen

Amrita Bhandari
Chief of Insights and Strategy, Acumen

Kanini Mutooni
Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Jessie Coates
Global Impact Entrepreneurship Leader, EY (Global)

Amma Sefa-Dedeh Lartey
CEO, Impact Investing Ghana

Wendy Abt
President, WPA, Inc.
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Management
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