Social impact investment in the financing for sustainable development landscape

The paradigm for financing sustainable development has shifted. Engaging with the private sector and mobilising private finance will be critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Time is running out to achieve the SDGs and it is incumbent upon all actors in sustainable development finance and the private sector more broadly to act now. This chapter makes the case for private sector financing, including social impact investment, as an effective tool to contribute to delivering the SDGs. It explores the current trends of increasing private sector interest in financing for sustainable development impact as well as the growing use of private sector instruments and approaches by both public and private players.