Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return. An enabling policy environment helps to attract more funds to impact investment, to grow impact-oriented businesses, and to facilitate the match between supply and demand.
This report accompanies the Main Report: Towards an Enabling Policy Environment for Impact Investment in Asia and the Pacific, and provides an overview of the impact investment policy landscape in 18 countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam.