Local think tanks and impact investing: a game changer for the industry?

Hosted by OTT Consulting and Impacto Consulting, UK

The impact investing sector wants to see stronger evidence of impact and financial return. Can think tanks help them to do this? A new OTT-Impacto Consulting project is researching and supporting collaboration between local think tanks and impact investors in four countries across Africa and Latin America. This session explores early experiences and lessons from these collaborations in Colombia and Ghana.

Speakers:

• Julie Lafrance, OTT Consulting, Canada
• Carolina Robino, IDRC, Uruguay
• Juan Sebastián Pacheco, Colombia National Advisory Board, Colombia
• Amma Lartey, Ghana National Advisory Board, Ghana
• Dr Charles Adongo, Empiriks Research, Ghana
• Isabel Mejia, Econometria, Colombia
• Diego Sandoval, Econometria, Colombia