Resource Library

Explore an array of resources below to deepen your understanding of impact investing. We encourage you to browse through CAFIID content, case studies, member content and additional resources on themes of catalysing finance, climate finance, gender lens invesing (GLI), health, and impact measurement and management (IMM).

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Untapped Potential: How impact investing constitutes a real opportunity for institutional investors

Aysha Dawood 4/28/23 Aysha Dawood 4/28/23

Rethinking global digital health and AI-for health innovation challenges

Contributions from Rob Beyer and Deogratias Mzurikwao of Villgro Africa

Aysha Dawood 4/23/23 Aysha Dawood 4/23/23

Sustainability in Private Capital Investing: A Systematic Literature Review

Contributions from Majid Mirza of ESG Tree

Aysha Dawood 1/24/23 Aysha Dawood 1/24/23

Opinion: How DFIs could do billions more with their money

Samanta Attridge
Christian Novak

Aysha Dawood 12/1/22 Aysha Dawood 12/1/22

An exploration of bilateral development finance institutions’ business models

Working paper by Samantha Attridge & Christian Novak

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Tropical Landscape Finance Facility in Indonesia

Aysha Dawood 11/1/22 Aysha Dawood 11/1/22

Clear Skies Climate Action Fund Impact Report

Clear Skies Investment Management

Aysha Dawood 11/1/22 Aysha Dawood 11/1/22

Gender Lens Investing State of the Field 2022

GenderSmart, FinDev Canada

Aysha Dawood 10/26/22 Aysha Dawood 10/26/22

State of Blended Finance 2022: Climate Edition

Convergence

Aysha Dawood 10/4/22 Aysha Dawood 10/4/22

Connecting impact investment and agricultural development: MEDA bridges the gap

MEDA
Lindsay Wallace (Senior Vice President, Strategy and Impact)
Jessica Villanueva (Senior Director of Technical Areas of Practice)

Aysha Dawood 7/14/22 Aysha Dawood 7/14/22

Understanding Climate Finance Podcast: FinDev Canada on investing and strategy moving forward

Lori Kerr, CEO of FinDev Canada, joins the podcast to share priority areas for the organization and what they aim to build in the years to come. Hosted by: Faheem Noor Ali, Climate Finance Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada

Aysha Dawood 5/26/22 Aysha Dawood 5/26/22

Growing Gender Lens Investing in Emerging Markets

Edward T. Jackson (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom)
Carolina Robino (IDRC)

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Colombia’s Green Bond Market Development

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Technology for Impact: Enabling scalable and investable social innovations

Author: Dr. Brian Carriere

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Development Impact Bonds: Generating positive and measurable development impact

Author: Dr. Brian Carriere

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More impact investments to emerging markets needed to address the climate crisis and create good jobs

Authors: Lindsay Wallace and Paul Lamontagne

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Climate Investor One: A Blended Finance Facility

Aysha Dawood 12/1/21 Aysha Dawood 12/1/21

Rapport sur l’état du secteur - 2021

Aysha Dawood 12/1/21 Aysha Dawood 12/1/21

State of the Sector Report - 2021

Aysha Dawood 12/1/21 Aysha Dawood 12/1/21

Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB) and Numida Technologies

Co-building assistance from EWB helped Uganda’s Numida secure early seed investments of US$ 2.3 million

December, 2021

Event Recaps

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Oct 29

Aggregating Impact Results: What Makes Reporting Useful and Credible?

CAFIID Members are welcome to our next Impact Measurement and Management Community of Practice Meeting

Oct 14

Collaboration in Action: Canadian Approaches to Advancing Gender Globally

Join CAFIID at Catalyst Now Week 2026 for a conversation on Canadian approaches to advancing gender equality globally.

Jul 9

The Business of Play: Catalyzing Capital for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Sports

CAFIID Members are welcome to our next Gender Lens Investing Community of Practice Meeting

Jun 16

AI in Impact Investing and Development Finance: A Practitioner Conversation

Join us for this public webinar

May 7

Advancing Gender Lens Investing: Canada’s Domestic and International Priorities

CAFIID Members are welcome to our next Gender Lens Investing Community of Practice Meeting

Apr 30

Strengthening IMM Practices & The Big Picture

CAFIID Members are welcome to our next Impact Measurement and Management Community of Practice Meeting

Apr 23

Climate Disaster Risk Mitigation: Tools, Approaches, and Practical Lessons

All are welcome to join this webinar

Apr 1

Capital at Home, Impact Abroad: Aligning Canada’s Trade and Investment Ecosystems (Vancouver)

Join us in Vancouver!

Mar 5

Gender Equity and AI - GLI CoP Member Session

CAFIID Members are welcome to our next Gender Lens Investing Community of Practice Meeting

Feb 24

From Insight to Action: The State of the Sector Report as a Launchpad for Policy Dialogue (Ottawa/hybrid)

Join us in Ottawa or online

Dec 5

CAFIID State of the Sector Report Launch (Virtual)*

Join the *virtual launch CAFIID’s 2025 State of the Sector

*Nairobi watch party

Nov 13

Building Impact Investment Bridges Between Australia and Canada: Unlock Global Opportunities. Scale Impact. Shape the Future

Join leading voices from Australia and Canada for a dynamic, forward-looking conversation on how two of the world’s most vibrant impact investment ecosystems are working together to scale change—both at home and across emerging markets.

Oct 14

Language, Legitimacy, and Impact: Navigating Pushback in an Evolving Sector

CAFIID Members are welcome to our joint community of practice session and pre-launch of the State of the Sector report

Jun 5

EHA Impact Ventures and MotherFood International join our Gender Lens Investing Community of Practice

CAFIID Members are welcome to our next Gender Lens Investing Community of Practice Meeting

May 15

Montréal: Au-delà du climat : investir pour un impact intégré / Beyond Climate: Investing for Integrated Impact

CAFIID Special Event in Montreal - Open to all!

Apr 10

Ottawa/Hybrid Event: Innovative Financing for Nature-based Solutions in Mangrove Communities

A hybrid AKFC Climate Speaker Series event with CAFIID, exploring innovative financing to scale community-led Nature-based Solutions in mangrove ecosystems

Mar 25

Aligning Private and Public Funds for SDG Impact: A Dialogue with UNDP Sustainable Finance Hub

This webinar will focus on standards and guidelines for managing and optimizing impact on sustainable development and explore their crucial role in aligning private and public funds to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Feb 25

Impact Investing in Emerging and Frontier Markets 101

Dec 5

Driving decision-making based on risk, return, and impact

CAFIID’s Impact Measurement and Management CoP hosts a public webinar with the International Foundation for Valuing Impacts (IFVI)

Oct 8

Driving Global Health Innovation through Impact Investing

Sep 15

CAFIID Connects Nairobi: Trends In Gender Lens Investing (in person and virtual)

Join CAFIID, Supivaa and leading impact investing players to learn and share GLI trends at the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi.

Jun 11

Scaling Impact Investing: Overcoming Barriers in Measuring Impact

Join CAFIID’s Impact Measurement and Management Community of Practice (IMM CoP) in Toronto for a stimulating discussion on scaling impact investing and advancing the adoption of impact measurement and management.