Center for Tax and Budget Policy | Issue Brief

Where Do Impact Investing and Microfinance Meet?

June 3, 2013 | Mayada El-Zoghbi, Henry González
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Mayada El-Zoghbi

Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion, Accion

Henry González

Former Contributing Expert

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Abstract

“Impact investing” is a new investment category that has been getting a lot of play in the past few years. This Brief presents the results of CGAP research on impact investing and how it relates to the micro, small, and medium size (MSME) investment space. One key finding is that microfinance investments through microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs) and small and medium enterprise (SME) funds make up a significant share of investment activity covered by this term.

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