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Making Sense of the Many Kinds of Impact Investing

Harvard Business Review

Investors might have a geographic focus: they may care more about developed or developing economies, or a particular country or community. Another example would be the Calvert Foundation’s Women Investing in Women Initiative , which allows individual investors to make loans to women in developing markets to access clean energy.

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3 Emerging Market Risks Companies Should Watch for in 2018

Harvard Business Review

The cost of doing business — and especially the cost of local production — would go up, and budget-busting government spending increases would erode long-term business confidence despite short-term stimulus. Middle East and Africa: Migrant Crisis Redux May Reignite European Populism.