Resources

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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Aysha Dawood 9/27/23 Aysha Dawood 9/27/23

IDRC: Transforming the Care Economy through Impact Investing (TCEII) Program

TCEII uncovers the unique opportunity for GLI investors to directly invest in SMEs in the care economy, many of which are women-led and women-owned and also develop products and services that address women and girls’ needs.

September, 2023

Aysha Dawood 9/19/23 Aysha Dawood 9/19/23

Pulling the plug on fossils in power

Aysha Dawood 9/5/23 Aysha Dawood 9/5/23

Four Ways to Integrate Gender in Financial Inclusion Investments

September 5, 2023
Co-authored by Katie Turner

Aysha Dawood 8/23/23 Aysha Dawood 8/23/23

Setting Science-Based Targets to Achieve Net-Zero

Aysha Dawood 8/23/23 Aysha Dawood 8/23/23

What is the Net-Zero Standard

CAFIID TLC 5/15/23 CAFIID TLC 5/15/23

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

CAFIID TLC 2/7/23 CAFIID TLC 2/7/23

Demystifying Impact Measurement and Management in Impact Investing

Author: Joy Warimah-Otto

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

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