AVPN Knowledge Centre Overview
The Knowledge Centre presents a wide-range of resources, both bespoke and curated, that both new entrants and seasoned practitioners can tap on to maximise their social impact.
Insights
Insights on issues and developments in the social investment ecosystem, including reports, case studies, webinars and blog posts from AVPN as well as our members and partners.





Recent Insights

Market Report
Executive Summary: Social Investment Landscape in Asia
Now in its second edition, the Social Investment Landscape in Asia serves as a resource for funders and resource providers to assess the opportunities and challenges …
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Report
Financing the Future of Asia: Innovations in Sustainable Finance
Take a deep dive into Asia’s four largest economies, — China, India, Japan, and Indonesia — to highlight how innovation in sustainable finance is helping mobilize …
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Blog
Making Sense of Impact investing in Asia
While mainstream investors are starting to pursue impact investing as a legitimate investment practice, more seasoned practitioners are exploring a greater variety of investment tools to achieve their impact goals. This diversity of approaches muddies the waters around the defining characteristics of impact investing. Uncareful, Asia may find itself falling into the mire of ‘impact washing’, which undermines the value that impact investing can bring.
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Webinar
Webinar: Inclusive Business – The Power of Inclusive Business Partnerships to Create Sustainable Livelihoods
Now in its second edition, the Social Investment Landscape in Asia serves as a resource for funders and resource providers to assess the opportunities and challenges …
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Report
Impact Investing in Asia: Overcoming Barriers to Scale
Take a deep dive into Asia’s four largest economies, — China, India, Japan, and Indonesia — to highlight how innovation in sustainable finance is helping mobilize …
Read MoreFrameworks
Our frameworks help new entrants and seasoned practitioners to make sense of the key trends and practices in the social investment ecosystem and maximise their social impact.
Portals
The portals reflect our efforts to consolidate internal and external resources, providing deep-dives and landscape overviews to scale impact in the the following impact areas.

Inclusive Businesses
Engaging the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) is scaling impact through fostering the growth of inclusive businesses. Its are businesses that provide services, goods and livelihoods on a commercially viable basis to those living at the BoP, making them a part of the companies core value chain.

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Every year, malnutrition claims the lives of 3 million children under age five and costs the global economy billions of dollars in lost productivity and health care. With more than half of all malnourished children in the world living in Asia, it is imperative that funders respond quickly and collectively. Explore the current landscape for funding in nutrition and highlights innovative funding solutions in the region.