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Innovative Financing Mechanisms: Strategic Philanthropy and Impact Bonds

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Speakers

  • John Fairhurst
    Executive Director, UBS Optimus Foundation
  • Debra Messing
    Global Health Ambassador, Population Services International
  • Kate Roberts
    Senior Vice President, Corporate Partnerships & Philanthropy, and Co-Founder, Maverick Collective, Population Services International

Presider

  • Rachel B. Vogelstein
    Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow and Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program

From Women and Foreign Policy Program.

The international development financing landscape is changing. Today, official development assistance now comprises only 2 percent of financing flows in the developing world. New approaches to financing are needed to address pressing development challenges, including persistent inequalities for women and girls. Drawing upon their respective experiences, Fairhurst, Roberts, and Messing discuss two promising financing mechanisms: strategic philanthropy and impact bonds.