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Microfinance Investment Vehicles: How Far Are They from OECD Social Impact Investment Definition?

In: Bank Funding, Financial Instruments and Decision-Making in the Banking Industry

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  • Mario Torre

    (Sapienza University of Rome)

  • Helen Chiappini

    (Sapienza University of Rome)

Abstract

Social Impact Investment (SII) is high on the international agenda. Nevertheless, only recently have some international organizations tried to clearly define the boundaries of SIIs. Existing data shows that microfinance is one of the major developed branches. The aim of this study is to investigate if microfinance investment vehicles (MIVs), listed on the market and identified as “impact investment” through registration in the Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN) or through the publication of an impact report, are compliant with the new definition of SIIs suggested by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, Social impact investment. Building the evidence base. Paris. Available at: http://www.oecd.org/sti/ind/social-impact-investment.pdf . Accessed 18 Feb 2015). The methodology applied is content analysis. Findings demonstrate that there is still much to do in order to “mind the gap” between MIVs management approach and the OECD definition.

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  • Mario Torre & Helen Chiappini, 2016. "Microfinance Investment Vehicles: How Far Are They from OECD Social Impact Investment Definition?," Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, in: Santiago Carbó Valverde & Pedro Jesús Cuadros Solas & Francisco Rodríguez Fernández (ed.), Bank Funding, Financial Instruments and Decision-Making in the Banking Industry, chapter 7, pages 145-191, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:pmschp:978-3-319-30701-5_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30701-5_7
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    1. Biasin, Massimo & Cerqueti, Roy & Giacomini, Emanuela & Marinelli, Nicoletta & Quaranta, Anna Grazia & Riccetti, Luca, 2022. "Clusters of social impact firms: A complex network approach," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    2. Mario La Torre & Helen Chiappini (ed.), 2020. "Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance," Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-3-030-40248-8.
    3. Massimo Biasin & Roy Cerqueti & Emanuela Giacomini & Nicoletta Marinelli & Anna Grazia Quaranta & Luca Riccetti, 2019. "Macro Asset Allocation with Social Impact Investments," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-19, June.

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