Varieties of Impact Investing

Philip Balsiger is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.Daniel Burnier Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.Noé Kabouche is a postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.

• 1. Introduction: Labelling and Enacting Impact Investing across Contexts - Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier and Noé Kabouche Part 1: Translating the Impact Label into National and Transnational Contexts2. Impact Investing and Philanthropy in the Global South: Innovative Finance at the Aga Khan Development Network - Farwa Sial and Jessica Sklair3. Socio-genesis of the Impact Investing World in France - Eve Chiapello and Camille Roth4. Capitalizing on Capitalism: How Impact Investing in Geneva Emerged among the Traditional Financial Field - Noé Kabouche5. Impact Investing and the Politics of Leverage: Towards a Meso-level Perspective on Derisking - Philipp Golka6. Social Impact Investing in Italy: A Case of Weak Financialization of Welfare? - Davide Caselli7. Balancing Risks and Outcomes in Colombia’s First Social Impact Bond: Empleando Futuro - Natalia Gómez MuñozPart 2: Enacting Impact in Investment Practices8. Implementing ‘Impact’ in Rural Ghana: Negotiating Meanings and Shifting Interpretations - Claudia Campisano9. Relational Work and Power in an Emerging Market: Local Understandings of Impact Investing in Nigeria - Elena Christodoulou and Shonali Banerjee10. The Impact of Ignorance: Sustaining Impact Investing’s Fictional Expectations - Daniel Burnier11. Conclusion: Towards a Theorization of Varieties of Impact Investing - Emily Barman

‘Social scientists need to analyze problems with a critical mind. Only then can we inspire change. I recommend academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in impact investing to read this book!’ Lisa Hehenberger, ESADE Business School Barcelona