SoFi 101: Understanding social finance

• Main Authors: Petroske, Christian, Parzhuber, Florian, Jeong, Haneol, Kinsella, John, Murakami, Maaya, Laferriere, Mitchell, Cordelle, Remi
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Finance and Financial Management; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/152; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_research/article/1151/viewcontent/SOCFI.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

What is social finance? Rachel Kalbfleisch of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) defines it as a collection of approaches to managing money that create value for society or the environment, often while producing a financial return,1 while the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing calls...