John Simon, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Total Impact Capital, says that considering factors beyond those that are purely financial allows investors to mitigate longer-term risks to themselves, society, and the companies in which they invest.

John Simon and Allie Dichiara note that in contrast to the Belt and Road Initiative's "railroads to nowhere," the US can reframe global infrastructure development by using cutting-edge innovation for widespread impact with a citizen-centric approach.

Arthur R. Wood, Founding Partner of Total Impact Capital, critiques the recent report of the G7 Impact Task Force as relying on a blended-finance model when “there is simply not enough subsidy to go around”, and proposes alternative approaches.

John Simon, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Total Impact Capital, says that for those looking for impact, the region’s market is strong and largely untapped.

Small businesses constitute more than 90 percent of the global private sector, providing 70 percent of all the jobs and driving half the global economy. With the sector already facing a significant financing gap even before the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 virus, the pandemic has made financial vulnerabilities an existential threat for many firms.

This brief explores how the next presidential administration can consider short-term and medium-term tools to help mobilize private capital, revive the global economy, address the risks to small business financing, and ensure an inclusive domestic economic recovery.

Written by John Simon (Founding Partner of Total Impact Capital), Sundar R. Ramanujam (CSIS Research Associate, Project on Prosperity and Development), and Agnes Dasewicz (CSIS Senior Associate, Project on Prosperity and Development).

A blog written by Arthur R. Wood, Founding Partner of Total Impact Capital, is part of an ongoing series evaluating various facets of development in transition.