The IIPC is pleased to announce the following recipients for the IIPC Fellowship and Research Grant Award selected in 2012. The awards are intended to enable researchers to explore new areas – both geographies and topics – to cultivate greater interest in the field and further expand the network of researchers and advocates considering impact investing policy issues. Learn more about the program on the IIPC website.
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP IN IMPACT INVESTING & POLICY WORK
Canada: Examining the Potential of Equity-Tax Credits
Douglas Pawson will be working with the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3Ci) and the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing to examine the existing implementation of equity-tax credits in Nova Scotia and their potential applicability in other geographies.
Germany: Mapping the Impact Investing Market
Katharina Höchstädter, a doctoral student in the field of social investment at the University of Hamburg, will be mapping the impact investing market in Germany in order to understand the role of government in supporting those activities.
Morocco: Conditions and Potential for Building an Impact Investing Market
Lena Lütjens-Schilling, a doctoral student at the University of Hamburg, will work with several in-country partners to introduce the concept of impact investing in the context of a new Moroccan development agenda.
IMPACT INVESTING POLICY COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH GRANTS
Hong Kong: Developing a Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Ecosystem
Asia Community Ventures – along with IIPC fellow Alison Gordon a former diplomat with the UK Foreign Office who is currently pursuing an MBA at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – will recommend how to incrementally build a policy approach in Hong Kong that will grow opportunities for impact investing.
India: Planning Institutional Engagement for Impact Disclosure
CKinetics – with engagement from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) – will investigate the policy origins of the National Voluntary Guidelines for Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business (NVG-SEE), the implementation plan for the guidelines and the anticipated challenges.
Turkey: Building an Impact Investing Marketplace
The research project, hosted at the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University, will examine the landscape for impact investing and social entrepreneurship in Turkey and review best practice business models that are suitable within the Turkish context.