The economic and social impact of private investments: results of a programme to generate useful results while building research capacity

Abstract

ABSTRACT This introduction summarily describes an innovative programme jointly organised by the European Investment Bank and the Global Development Network that competitively recruited and trained young researchers from Africa and the Caribbean to research on the economic and social impact of private sector investments funded by the European Investment as part of their Impact Investing Envelope. The introduction also summarises the research articles that were produced as part of the programme and selected for publication in this special issue.