Often, investing is seen as a purely profit-driven activity separate from social concerns handled by charities or government programs. But there is a long tradition of using investing funds in ...

Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. A lot of progress has been made: using randomized, controlled experiments; making ...

Amid global upheaval, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) celebrated its 15 th anniversary not long ago. The impact investing research and advocacy group has played a big part in the growth of ...

Impact investing is an opportunity for public and private money to support emerging markets that lack the capital needed for growth and poverty reduction, but the foundations are wobbling. Collective ...

As funders, government agencies, and partners increasingly expect in-depth, transparent and reliable reporting around social impact projects, understanding how to measure and share data, progress and ...

This force will cause the cart to accelerate—in this case, to the left, or the opposite way it was heading, which is why it slows down during impact and even reverses direction. But what is the ...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission delivers an important warning when it requires a disclaimer in marketing materials to remind investors that “past performance is not a reliable indicator of ...

The conversation about documentary impact has undergone a number of shifts since impact producing began to emerge as a practice within the documentary field around 20 years ago. Today it is almost ...

How do academics and research managers really feel about impact management? Here’s how it can be done badly, and how to do it right Over the course of writing our book Exploring Research Impact in ...