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In this section you can find publications related to specific areas of action of venture philanthropy and social investment organisations.

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Agriculture

Global Witness (2018), "AT WHAT COST? Irresponsible business and the murder of land and environmental defenders in 2017"
Investing in Resilience: A Shared Value Approach to Agricultural Extension, by Root Capital, December 2015
Investing in Sustainable Agriculture, Sonen Capital LLC, May 2016
Inflection Point: Unlocking growth in the era of farmer finance, by Dalberg Global Development Advisors & Collaborative Research Group, April 2016

Cities and Regions

African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (2020), "The Landscape for Social Investments in Africa". USADF, Social Capital Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
Yeo, J., Prakash, R., Wang, R., and Moore, L., (2019), “Impact Investing in Asia - Overcoming Barriers to Scale“, Marsh & McLennan Insights, Oliver Wyman, AVPN, GIIN.
Lafortune, G., Fuller, G., Schimdt-Traub, G., Zoeteman, K., Mulder, R., Dagevos, J., (2019), "The SDG Index and Dashboards Report for European Cities (prototype version)", Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Telos Brabant Centre for Sustainable De
Leung, N., Theodos, B., (2019) "Mapping and Assessing Local Capacities and Opportunities for Place-Based Impact Investing" Urban Institute, Mission Investors Exchange
Chu, P., Yutong Wang, O., (2018), "Philanthropy in China", AVPN, The Rockefeller Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation, (2019) "South-Africa Giving 2019 - An overview of charitable giving in South Africa"
Re-visioning Social Investment: Growing social investment for deep and lasting impact, UK NAB Working Group, (2019)
Thuard, J., Koh, H., Agarwal, A., Garg, R., (2019) "Financing the Future of Asia: Innovations in Sustainable Finance", The Rockefeller Foundation, AVPN, FSG
Lam, B., Tansey, J., (2019) "Social Venture Impact Investing: the Canadian Landscape" , UBC Sauder Centre for Social Innovation & Impact Investing (SauderS3i), The University of British Columbia
Shpak, A., Misyutina, V., Oganesyan, A., Slutskaya, M., and Novak, K. (2019), "Russian Philanthropist - Importance of Personal Trust and Expectation of Tangible results" SKOLKOVO
Deloitte, EVPA and GSEN, (2018) "Social Investment Leveraging Index: Investing for Impact in Central and Eastern Europe"
GIIN and Intellecap (2018), "The Landscape for Impact Investing in Southeast Asia"
Orzechowska, A., and Cichowicz, G., (2018), "Jobs in High Growth Industries – Opportunities for Labour Inclusion of At-risk People in Poland" NESsT
Aps, J., Ūlande, M., and Lipponen, K., (2018), "Social Impact Investment in the Nordic-Baltic Region" Nordic Council of Ministers´ Office in Estonia
Mettgenberg-Lemiere, M., Le Phuong Anh, N. and Yutong Wang, O., (2018) "The Continuum of Capital in Asia" AVPN
SDG Philanthropy Platform (2017) "Enabling Environment for Philanthropy in Ghana" United Nations Development Programme.
OECD netFWD (2017), “Bringing Foundations and Governments Closer: Evidence from Kenya”
Pandit, V., and Tamhane, T., (2017), "Impact Investing: Purpose-driven finance finds its place in India", McKinsey&Company
Varga, E., (2017) ,"Social Enterprise Ecosystems in Croatia and the Western Balkans"NeSST
GSEN, (Spring 2017),"Mapping Report Organisations Supporting Early Stage Social Entrepreneurs In Africa", with the support of The Robert Bosch Stiftung
Rom, A., Günther, I., and Harrison, K., (February 2017), "The Economic Impact of Solar Lighting: Results from a randomised field experiment in rural Kenya"
British Council, (2016), "The state of social enterprise in Bangladesh, Ghana, India and Pakistan"
Monteiro, S., (2016) "Investing in development in Africa. How Impact Investment can contribute to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa", Investisseurs & Partenaires
Damaschin-Țecu, R., and Etchart, N., (December 2016), "Building the Social Investment Industry in Central and Eastern Europe. The Case of Romania", NESsT
Big Society Capital, (November 2016), "UK SOCIAL INVESTMENT – OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND THE ‘CRITICAL QUESTIONS’"
Benchmarking Foundation Governance, by Ellie Buteau and Jennifer Glickman, 2015
Charity and Investment matters: a guide for trustees, by Charity Commission, October 2011
Social Impact Measurement for Social Enterprise in Estonia, by G.Mankin, Estonian Social Enterprise Network, February 2014
Getting Started in Venture Philanthropy in Asia, Establishing a Venture Philanthropy or Social Investment Organisation, S. Chadwick, AVPN, April 2014. Adaptation of Establishing a Venture Philanthropy Organisation in Europe, by L.Balbo, L.Hehenberger, D.M
Mapping the Impact Investing Sector in Brazil: summary of findings, by Andrea Piazza, Frederic Kuonen, Gustavo Alves, Johannes Boch, Juan Carlos Moreno, Rebeca Rocha, May 2014
Mapping the Social Impact Investing Market in Germany – An Overview of Opportunities in the Education Space, by Anna Katharina Höchstädter and Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck, June 2014
Filantropía de Impacto, by Laboratório de Investimento Social – IES and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, July 2014
Social Enterprise and Social Investment: Characteristics, Approaches, Issues and Challenges – Philanthropy Impact Magazine, Summer/Autumn 2014
The Operating Environment for Public-Benefit Foundations in the Western Balkans Region, by Katerina Hadzi-Miceva Evans and Hanna Surmatz, with the support of Natasha Ibbotson, 2014
2014 Asia Sustainable Investment Review, by the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia, December 2014
The Landscape for Impact Investing in South Asia, by GIIN & Dalberg, April 2015
A Brief handbook on Social Impact Investment – A UK perspective, by Katie Hill, City of London Corporation, January 2015
The state of impact investing in Latin America. Regional trends and challenges facing a fast-growing investment strategy, by Andre Leme, Fernando Martins and Kusi Hornberger, 2014
Communication That Counts: Lessons From South African Social Investors, by Tamara Oberholster, Lindsey Moyo, and Sarah Ball, June 2015
Investing in Africa’s Small and Growing Businesses. An introduction to private equity in Africa, by Investisseurs & Partenaires with the collaboration of INSEAD Business School, the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs and Ernst & Young, May 2015
Taking the pulse. Social Enterprise landscape in developing and emerging economies. Insights from Colombia, Mexico, Kenya & South Africa, by Lisa M. Hanley, Aline Margaux Wachner, Tim Weiss, April 2015
Closing the gap: developing a new financing vehicle for social ventures in Germany, by Young-jin Choi and Andreas Mummert, February 2015
Oranges & Lemons: The State of Play of Impact Measurement among UK Social Investment Finance Intermediaries, by Sarah Moreau, Adrian Hornsby, June 2015
From Prosperity to Purpose: report on social impact investment in Latin America, by UBS, 2015
The Social Investment Market through a data lens. Revealing the costs and opportunities of financing the ‘unbankable’, June 2015
Breaking new ground at the BOP: Case studies of Social Innovation from Asia, by BOP Hub and Rockefeller Foundation, June 2015
High growth small businesses – How Britain’s fastest growing smaller companies can be a force for regional revival, by Octopus, 2015
The Landscape for Impact Investing in East Africa, by The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN®), August 2015
Innovating Times For Asian Philanthropy, by Dr Rob John, Autumn 2015
Accelerating Change: Tackling the Sustainability Challenge for Impact Accelerators in India & Beyond, by UnLtd, October 2015
The African Investing for Impact Barometer, by Dr Stephanie Giamporcaro and Xolisa Dhlamini, 2015
The Landscape for Impact Investing in West Africa, by The Global Impact Investing Network and Dalberg Global Development Advisors, December 2015
U.S. Foundation Funding for Africa: 2015 Edition, by Steven Lawrence, Anna Koob and Niamani Mutima, November 2015
A Guide to Legal Forms for Social Enterprises in South Africa, by Bertha Centre for Social Innovation, February 2016
The Landscape for Impact Investing in Southern Africa, by The Global Impact Investing Network and Dalberg Global Development Advisors, February 2016
Social Impact Investment in Deutschland 2016, by Stephanie Petrick and Jeremy Birnbaum, January 2016 (in German only)
A Guide to Innovative Finance in Africa, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation, 2016
Measuring national wellbeing: Life in the UK: 2016, by Ian Macrory, March 2016
The size and composition of social investment in the UK, by Matt Robinson, March 2016
The Entrepreneurs Spurring Africa’s Rise, by Wharton Social Impact, The African Leadership Network & Knowledge@Wharton, March 2016
Bridging the gap: Impact investment supply and demand in the Chicago region, by MacArthur Foundation, Chicago Community Trust & Affiliates, April 2016
Social Impact Investment in Germany: From momentum to implementation, by Bertelsmann Stiftung, April 2016
Mapping Philanthropy and Impact Investing Opportunities in India, by Prashant Chandrasekaran, Ankit Gupta and Yoshita Arora, March 2016
Africa Social Impact Report 2015, by Reach for change, 2016
The future of ‘doing good’ in the UK, by Big Lottery Fund, May 2016
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and LGT Impact Ventures, (August 2016) “The impact investing landscape in Latin America. TRENDS 2014 & 2015 Special Focus on Brazil, Colombia & Mexico.“
Harnessing Social Impact Investing in Latin America: private capital for public good, by Gabriel Sánchez Zinny, May 2015
Cities Building Community Wealth, by Marjorie Kelly and Sarah McKinley, November 2015
Is This a Better Place? The Art and Science of Place-Based Evaluation, by Teri Behrens, Hahn Cao Yu, Giannina Fehler-Cabral, Jennifer James, Meg Long, Jewlya Lynn, Lori Nascimento, Hallie Preskill, Kevin Rafter, Sonia Taddy, October 2015
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Latin American Private Equity, Venture Capital Association and LGT Impact Ventures, (August 2016), "The impact investing landscape in Latin America. TRENDS 2014 & 2015 Special Focus on Brazil, Colombia & Mexico."
Dutt, N., Ganesh, U., Chandrasekaran, P., Agarwal, P., Patil, S., and GuptaI, A., (May 2016) "INVEST. CATALYZE. MAINSTREAM. The Indian Impact Investing Story", INTELLECAP with the support from GIZ India and SIDBI

Culture and Arts

Creativity, culture & capital (2021) "Impact investing in the global creative economy".
Dancing to the Top: How Collective Action Revitalized Arts Education in Boston, by EdVestors and Boston Public Schools, May 2016
Understanding the value of arts & culture: The AHRC Cultural Value Project, by Geoffrey Crossick & Patrycja Kaszynska, 2016
The art of philanthropy: Making the most of your giving to the arts, by Angela Kail, Lynn Simmonds and Sally Bagwell, October 2015

Education and Employment

OECD netFWD (2019), “Philanthropy and Education - Quality Education For All: Lessons and Future Priorities”, OECD Development Centre, Paris
Etchart, N., and Kaminski, A., (December 2016), "Closing the Talent Gap of the Brazilian Hospitality Industry: Investing in At-Risk Youth", NESsT
Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, (November 2016) "The EU Youth Employment Initiative - Investing in young people", European Commission
Microbusinesses, gainful jobs, by Luz I. Gomez and Tamra Thetford with Joyce Klein, 2015
Moving Beyond Job Creation: DEFINING AND MEASURING THE CREATION OF QUALITY JOBS, BY Daniel Brett and Tom Woelfel, April 2016
Getting Better: What education systems in less developed countries can learn from evidence-based medicine, by Caroline Fiennes and Liora Wulf, Giving Evidence, May 2014
Philanthropy education in the UK and continental Europe: Current provision, perceptions and opportunities, by Charles Keidan with Tobias Jung and Cathy Pharoah, Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy, Cass Business School – City University London a
Just In Time: The Beyond-The-Hype Potential of E-Learning, by Katie Paris & Mario Morino, February 2014
Educate and Empower – Tools for Building Community Wealth, by Keane Bhatt and Steve Dubb, August 2015
Measuring the impact of CSR initiatives in education, by Sattva, November 2015
Scanning the landscape of Youth Philanthropy: Observations and Recommendations for strengthening a growing field, by Jen Bokoff and Amanda Dillon, November 2014
Is ‘What Works’ a question we should still be seeking to answer?, by Dr Nick Axford, April 2016
Moneyball for head start: Using Data, Evidence, and Evaluation to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families, by Sara Mead and Ashley LiBetti Mitchel, January 2016
That awkward age: Children, well-being and charities, by James Noble, Peter Harrison-Evans, Russell Hargrave, December 2015
Philanthropy and Youth Empowerment: Foundations’ Innovative Approaches to Support Youth, by OECD netFWD, 2014
European Learning for Youth in Social Entrepreneurship (ELYSE), by Luisa De Simone and Krisztina Tora (GSEN), July 2016

Environment

Octopus Group, (2019) "Renewable Energy. The green investor: why institutional investing holds the key to a renewable energy future"
Bass, R., Murphy, P., Dithrich, H., (2019) "Scaling Impact Investment in Forestry" GIIN
Cracknell, J., Helegeer, B., Lombardi, G., (2019) "Environmental funding by European Foundations. Volume 4" European Foundation Centre
Conservation Finance | From Niche to Mainstream: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class, by Fabian Huwyler, Jürg Käppeli and John Tobin, January 2016
ImpactBase Snapshot: An Analysis of 300+ Impact Investing Funds Abhilash Mudaliar and Lauren Barra, March 2015
Investing in Conservation A landscape assessment of an emerging market, by EKO Asset Management Partners and The Nature Conservancy, November 2014
Water investment primer, by Sonen Capital, June 2016
Enterprise Solutions for 2030: Building inclusive markets to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, by Shell Foundation, October 2015
Energy Darwinism II – Why a Low Carbon Future Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth, by Elizabeth Curmi, Ebrahim Rahbari, Elaine Prior, Seth M Kleinman, Jason Channell, Heath R Jansen, Phuc Nguyen, Edward L Morse, Alastair R Syme and Tim Kruger, August 2015
Natural capital protocol principles and framework, by The Natural Capital Coalition, June 2015
Let’s talk about soil, by Julia Chapman, Katrin Ley, Li An Phoa and Margaret van Beuningen, November 2015
Conservation Finance | From Niche to Mainstream: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class, by Fabian Huwyler, Jürg Käppeli and John Tobin, January 2016
Incentive-Based Instruments for Water Management, by Heather Cooley, Michael Cohen, Matthew Heberger, and Heather Rippman, December 2015
NEPC’s Impact Investing Committee, (2016) “An Introduction to Green Bonds”, NEPC
Network Insights: Impact Measurement in the Clean Energy Sector, by GIIN, April 2016

Gender

Women's Philanthropy Institute (2020) "Covid-19, Generosity and Gender: How giving changed during the early months of a global pandemic". Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
International Labor Office, (2019) "A Quantum Leap for Gender Equality: for a Better Future of Work for All"
Arabella Advisors, JP Morgan Chase, New Venture Fund, (2019) "An economy for all - How philanthropy can unlock capital for Women Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs of Color through Inclusive Investing"
Klein, K., Schwartz, S., Hunt, S., (2018) "Four for Women: a framework for evaluating companies' impact on the women they employ" The Wharton Social Impact Initiative
Root Capital and Value for Women, (2018), "Gender Equity Grants: Evaluating Key Benefits for Businesses, Workers, and Farmers"
Buvinic, M., Knowles, J & Witoelar, F., (2018), "Unequal Ventures: Results from a Baseline Study of Gender and Entrepreneurship in East Java, Indonesia".
Klein, K., Kuhlman, S., and Hunt, S. M., (2017), "Can Investing in Public Equities improve the lives of Women?"
Biegel, S., Hunt, S. M., and Kuhlman, S., (2017), "Tracking Venture Capital with a Gender Lens"
An Opportunity to Address Menstrual Health and Gender Equity, by Alexandra Geertz, Lakshmi Iyer, Perri Kasen, Francesca Mazzola and Kyle Peterson, May 2016
Unequal Nation: the case for social innovation to work for a gender equal future, by Freya Johnson Ross and Ceri Goddard, 2015
inSIGHT: why grant-making in India needs a gender lens, by Dasra, 2015
New Perspectives, New Solutions: Funding Organising Led by Girls and Young Women, by Lydia Holden, October 2015
Women and social enterprises: how gender integration can boost entrepreneurial solutions to poverty, by Allison M. Glinski, Lizzette Soria, Natacha Stevanovic, Liliane Winograd, Sara Ku, Katherine Fritz, Yasmina Zaidman, Esha Mufti and Venu Aggarwal, 2015
State of the Field of Gender Lens Investing: A Survey and a Roadmap, by Joy Anderson and Katherine Miles, October 2015
The sky’s the limit. Increasing social investment impact with a gender lens, by Ceri Goddard and Katherine Miles, June 2016
An Opportunity to Address Menstrual Health and Gender Equity, by Alexandra Geertz, Lakshmi Iyer, Perri Kasen, Francesca Mazzola and Kyle Peterson, May 2016

Microfinance

Big Data, Small Credit – The Digital Revolution and Its Impact on Emerging Market Consumers, by By Arjuna Costa, Anamitra Deb, and Michael Kubzansky, October 2015
Money as a Tool for Social Change: Mama Cash Promotes Flexible Funding to Strengthen Women’s Movement, by Virginiq Zuca, January 2016

Refugees

The Human Safety Net (2021) "Mapping Refugee & Migrant Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Europe". Fondazione Generali, ImpactHub
Damaschinm-Tecu, R., (2017), "Addressing the Refugee Crisis in Central Europe", NESsT, supported by the Rutgers Presbyterian Church
Social investment insights: Investing in integration, by Big Society Capital, May 2016

Social Housing

Archer, T., Green, S., Fisher, C., (2019) "Helping Communities Build: a review of the Community Land Trust Funds and lessons for future support", Sheffield Hallam University, Charities Aid Foundation
Impact Investing in Real Estate, by Ananda Social Venture Fund – Author Stephanie Petrick (Impact in Motion), December 2014

IT / Digitalisation

BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt (2021) "Protect, Empower, Transform. Tech Innovations Changing the World". Respond, Sifted
Stanford Graduate School of Business, (2019) "Blockchain for Social Impact".
Murthy, G., Fernandez-Vidal, M., Faz, X., Barreto, R., (2019) "Fintechs and Financial Inclusion: Looking past the hype and exploring their potential" CGAP
OpenNorth (2018), "The Potential for Philanthropic Intervention in Integrated Service Delivery".
Davies, R. (2018) "Machine-Made Goods: Charities, Philanthropy and Artificial Intelligence", Charities Aid Foundation.
Junge, J., Schreiner, K. & Pulford, L. (2018), "The role of philanthropy in using data to address complex challenges: A global scan", SIX.
World Identity Network, (2018) "Turning Invisible Children into Invincible Ones"
Stanford Center for Social Innovation, (2018) "Blockchain for Social Impact: Moving Beyond the Hype"
Buckland, L., and Pont, X., (2017), "Harnessing Technology for Exponential Social Impact: The Case of Spanish Social Tech Businesses"
Stokes, M., Baeck, P., Baker, T., (May 2017) "What Next for Digital Social Innovation? Realising the potential of people and technology to tackle social challenges", NESTA, Waag Societyand SUPSI
Vasquez del Solar, M., and Etchart, N., (December 2016), "Beyond the Laboratory: Changing Lives through Hardware Technology Enterprises", NESsT
Tech for common good, by by David Bull, Farooq Sabri, Ria Bowler, Tris Lumley, December 2015
Technology Has Come a Long Way, by GrantCraft, September 2015
Hardware Pioneers: Harnessing the Impact Potential of Technology Entrepreneurs, by Harvey Koh and Nidhi Hegde, Chandrima Das, April 2016
Fembek, M., Heindorf, I., Kainz, W., and Saupe, A., (January 2016), "Zero Project Report 2016. Focus: Education and Information & Communication Technologies", Essl Foundation

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