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Engaging with Islamic finance is a part of UNDP’s global strategy. In this regard, partnerships are forming in Indonesia and other UNDP country offices.
Through its Innovative Financing Lab,…
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To improve impact performance, enterprises and their investors need to access high-quality data on what positive and negative impacts are occurring. There are several approaches to collecting primary…
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Since 2016, the Impact Management Project has convened over 2000 enterprises and investors to build a shared understanding on how we talk about, measure and manage the impact. This global consensus,…
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Impact measurement and management process can be thought of in a framework of four steps.
1. Creating a plan for impact by mapping the business operations against the Sustainable Development Goals…
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Impact value chain also referred to as the theory of change, is a visual map of how a business’ impact goals, strategy and operations contribute to the business and the Sustainable Development…
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Considerable challenges exist in the practice of impact measurement and management. Even so, there are also common drivers uniting practitioners trying to overcome these challenges. This video is…
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Once the impact value chain is created, the next step is framing impact by identifying key performance indicators. Indicators are quantitative or qualitative variables allowing stakeholders to verify…
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Impact measurement is quantifying effects directly or indirectly attributable to actions and it entails tracking performance against objectives and the resulting outcomes. Impact management is the…
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Impact investing refers to investing with the intention to generate and measure social and environmental benefits alongside a financial return. Impact investors intend to have a social impact,…
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Convergence between Islamic finance and impact investing requires a large ethical investor base that is conscious about the ESG factors. This means a greater emphasis on transparency, traceability…
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Islamic finance and economic practices are well-positioned to support the overhaul of public financial management systems and the strengthening of health, education, and food security…
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Green and social investments are innovative Shariah-compliant instruments designed to finance green infrastructure and development projects. They have the potential to become a new asset class…
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Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
According to the Global Impact Investing…
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The Acumen Fund’s private equity investment in Ziqitza Healthcare and the investments in ProCredit Holding are two cases of good practice in impact investing, with lower rates of financial…
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One avenue in Islamic social finance for longer-term investments is an impact investment fund or “social impact investment fund”. Impact investment funds are investments that explicitly…
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There are some potential sources where the private sector can play a pivotal role in financing the Sustainable Development Goals such as blended finance, impact investing and green finance. In this…
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