Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Aid and development has to a large extent failed to generate longterm economic growth in large part of the developing world in the post-war era. This has generated a lot of theory and literature about different solutions, frequently involving “smarter” aid. This study applies named development theories to the emerging field of Blended Value Investment (or Impact Investment) in order to generate new impact themes and hypothesis. It uses the performance metrics for social impact utilized by firms and organization to define what the current impact themes of blended value investors are. In the comparison between the impact themes derived from social performance metrics and the development goals generated by the study of aid new themes emerge. Development theory is used in the study to define what should be measured, while the empirical material defines what is measured and the conclusion of the study is the gap in between, what could be measured by blended value investors. The conclusion recommends new measurement themes like contribution to middle-class building, financial market development and image improvement.
Author: Simon Väcklén
Language: English
Subfield: Finance
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1118647034