Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director and GIIN Board Chairman Antony Bugg-Levine discusses impact investing with Alliance Magazine.

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Impact investors are already making a substantial difference in three areas. The first is community development and low-income housing development in the US; this is a sector that has developed following decades of substantial government support. The second is microfinance, where impact investors are able to make capital available through intermediaries to very poor people operating very small businesses. In that case 40 years of a combination of philanthropy and government subsidy has helped refine the business model to the point where it can absorb impact investing capital at scale. The third area is supporting a range of green investments.

We see opportunities for impact investors to make a similar difference in a far broader range of sectors and geographies, including affordable schools, provision of basic services such as water and sanitation, and development of a new green revolution in Africa. This last is a priority of the Rockefeller Foundation and one where we see the impact investing initiative having substantial potential to make a difference.

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