Catalysing an Impact Investment Ecosystem: A Policymaker’s Toolkit

The last decade has seen governments around the world seeking to catalyse impact investing in pursuit of more effective policy outcomes and sustainable, inclusive economies.

This report aims to facilitate knowledge exchange among countries and provide informed and strategic recommendations on potential next steps. The report is informed by an analysis of the policy-making environment in the member countries of GSG Impact in relation to impact investment.

GSG Impact Ecosystem development priorities:

The government should consider itself a catalyst for the impact ecosystem, encouraging other players to contribute to the impact economy. We have used the OECD framework which identifies the government roles that can be catalytic to the ecosystem:

• Market facilitator: Creating organisations and systems that enable and educate on impact.
• Market participant: Supporting the impact investment ecosystem through the commissioning and procurement of impact products and services.
• Market regulator:  Implementing laws that build support and recognition for the impact ecosystem.