Social Impact Assessment

Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl and Barbara Scheck
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Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl: Witten/Herdecke University
Barbara Scheck: Munich Business School

Chapter 6 in Impact Investing, 2017, pp 135-152 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Social impact assessment is an inherent part of impact investing, the intentional social change an investment is seeking being a prerequisite for every transaction. The chapter thus introduces the concept of social impact by illustrating the most important terms. Furthermore, the purposes as well as advantages when aiming for determining social impact are being discussed.

Keywords: Social Impact Assessment; Impact Investing; Development Assistance Committee (DAC); indicatorsIndicators; Impact Value Chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66556-6_6

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