Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. An enabling policy environment helps to attract more funds to impact investment, to grow impact-oriented businesses, and to facilitate the match between supply and demand.

This report accompanies the Main Report: Towards an Enabling Policy Environment for Impact Investment in Asia and the Pacific, and provides an overview of the impact investment policy landscape in 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam. 

GSG Impact

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

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