Insights from impact data can steer investments towards addressing the globe’s most consequential challenges more effectively. As investors share data on the impact results of investments analysis can uncover opportunities and provide investors with a clearer, more robust understanding of the real-world impact of their investments and how they drive change.

Despite the turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, impact investors recognized the increased need for financial services in underserved communities. This brief demonstrates the resilience of financial inclusion investments, despite a decrease in active clients and decent jobs, as investors focused on strengthening stakeholder engagement and ensuring responsible investments. Additionally, this report presents data-driven insights on how impact investors in financial inclusion can navigate current and future crises, by analyzing the effects of COVID-19 on the impact performance of these investments.

Download the GIINsight, Financial inclusion investments show resilience to COVID-19, and access these findings.