Islamic Finance and Impact Investing

For the purposes of this report, emphasis was placed on the IICPSD’s goals of fostering private sector development. The overall strategy for this scope of work involves 4 main parts, divided into 8 sections. In section 4, indicative recommendations are made for IICPSD to consider to promote and grow the area of convergence to create dialogue around Islamic impact investing.

These four main parts include:

• Background on and outlining the universe of impact investing

• Providing context for Sharia investments

• Identifying areas of current overlap

• Devising strategies to grow the area of overlap.