The increasing scale and maturity of the impact investing industry

The 2019 Annual Impact Investor Survey demonstrates the increasing scale and maturity of the impact investing industry.

In its ninth edition, the Annual Impact Investor Survey provides data and insights on impact investors’ motivations, activities, and perspectives on market progress and remaining challenges. Analysis of trends among a subset of 83 four-year repeat survey respondents—those who responded in both 2014 and 2018—offers further insight into market growth.

In all, the 2019 Annual Impact Investor Survey finds that:

• The impact investing market is diverse;
• It continues to grow and mature;
• Impact measurement and management is central to investors’ goals and practices;
• Impact investors report performance in line with both financial and impact expectations;
• Impact investors indicate commitment to developing the industry.

This report is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of the Global Impact Investing Network and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

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