Global impact investing: A conversation with Dina Habib Powell

On Thursday at AEI, Dina Habib Powell joined AEI President Arthur Brooks for the fourth major event for AEI’s Philanthropic Freedom Project. They discussed Goldman Sachs’ Impact Investing business, the role of women in fostering solutions to major global problems, and Goldman Sachs’ efforts measuring the success of their impact investments.

 
Ms. Powell and Dr. Brooks’ conversation focused on Goldman Sachs’ efforts through their 10,000 Women and 10,000 Small Businesses programs, which provide access to capital and the business training needed for female entrepreneurs and small business owners to grow their enterprises. The conversation ended with a discussion about the importance of public-private partnerships in taking successful programs started by the private and nonprofit sectors to scale by partnering with governments around the world. –Spencer Moore

 
Event Description

Impact Investing has emerged as an innovative and powerful tool to create change. To address today’s major global challenges, high-impact philanthropy leverages grant and investment dollars to create a multiplier effect and spur new investments. Through public-private partnerships, meaningful and rigorously measured impact investments, and innovative programs such as 10,000 Women and 10,000 Small Businesses, Goldman Sachs has helped drive economic progress and growth globally.

Join AEI as Arthur Brooks and Dina Habib Powell, head of Goldman Sachs’ Impact Investing business and president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation, and former assistant secretary of state, discuss the private sector’s crucial role in job creation, female empowerment, and the global spread of economic development and opportunity.

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Πηγή: American Enterprise Institute