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Impact due diligence is the blind spot in impact investing (Pioneers Post)

If impact investment is about improving people’s lives, why are the voices of those people often absent from investment committee decisions? An article by Tom Adams and Louis Tran Van Lieu.

Lending to Africa’s agricultural SMEs has immediate impact (ImpactAlpha)

60 Decibels spent four years tracking 656 SMEs across Aceli Africa’s portfolio. The data reveals a clear pattern: When appropriately structured capital finally reaches agricultural SMEs, change happens in months, not years.

Entrepreneur-Friendly Inclusive Finance: A Survey of Brazilian MSMEs Highlights Key Lessons for Lenders (NextBillion)

60 Decibels interviewed over 400 Estímulo loan applicants — both borrowers and non-borrowers. The findings highlight the impact of Estímulo’s model, but also reveal gaps that the organisation is now working to address.

Going beyond the numbers in gender-lens investing (ImpactAlpha)

We’ve spent years counting women in gender lens investing. It’s helped legitimize the space. But now the question is: Is it working?

UNICEF and partners bring child-lens investing to the forefront of global financial inclusion (OCHA)

UNICEF USA and 60 Decibels, in collaboration with VisionFund and Global Partnerships, have developed a child-lens impact assessment approach designed to measure the impact that investments have on children.

Why early-stage social ventures are embracing ‘product-impact’ fit (ImpactAlpha)

Is measuring impact from the get-go really unreasonable? Four years of partnership between Catalyst Fund and 60 Decibels have demonstrated the value of understanding the impact of startup ventures from their earliest days.

Investors find child-lens impact through interviews with customers (ImpactAlpha)

Lindsay Smalling (60dB) and Erin Egan (UNICFEF USA's Impact Fund for Children) explore where impact on children is already apparent in three major sectors: off-grid energy, agriculture, and microfinance.

Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains (Sustainable Brands)

60 Decibels Agriculture Lead, Ellie Turner, features in Sustainable Brands unpacking key findings from the 2024 Coffee Farmer Thriving Index report.

Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations

Though electrification rates are growing, growth remains uneven, particularly in Africa. At the 2024 Global Off-Grid Solar Forum in Nairobi, investors talked risk mitigation, blended finance and opportunities for growth.

A Better Way to Measure Social Impact (Harvard Business Review)

Explore how Bayer’s Crop Science division has developed reliable stakeholder reported measures of the social impact of its inclusive growth projects with the support of 60 Decibels.

Smallholder farmer adoption of agtech ‘high but inconsistent,’ (AgFunderNews)

Jennifer Marston, AgFunderNews, shares 4 key findings from our report: 'Digital Farmer Services in Kenya: The Farmer Perspective'.

Grassroots Power: The Success and Promise of Local Renewable Energy Enterprises (Power for All)

Kat Harrison (60dB) digs into insights uncovered on the impact of locally-owned energy organizations from Why Off-Grid Energy Matters 2024.

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Impact due diligence is the blind spot in impact investing (Pioneers Post)

Lending to Africa’s agricultural SMEs has immediate impact (ImpactAlpha)

Entrepreneur-Friendly Inclusive Finance: A Survey of Brazilian MSMEs Highlights Key Lessons for Lenders (NextBillion)

Going beyond the numbers in gender-lens investing (ImpactAlpha)

UNICEF and partners bring child-lens investing to the forefront of global financial inclusion (OCHA)

Why early-stage social ventures are embracing ‘product-impact’ fit (ImpactAlpha)

Investors find child-lens impact through interviews with customers (ImpactAlpha)

Smallholder Voices Are Critical in Ethical Supply Chains (Sustainable Brands)

Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations

A Better Way to Measure Social Impact (Harvard Business Review)

Smallholder farmer adoption of agtech ‘high but inconsistent,’ (AgFunderNews)

Grassroots Power: The Success and Promise of Local Renewable Energy Enterprises (Power for All)

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