Demand-led Investment: A New Perspective on Approaches to Adapting Capital and Bridging the Missing Middle in Southeast Asia
Year of Publication
2021
The report outlines market failure in meeting the financing needs of Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), detailing how investment approaches can be adapted to address this, and highlighting the flexible features of BIDUK’s customized loans as an example of how private capital can be deployed more effectively to scale the impact of SGBs in Southeast Asia.
Source:
Frontiers Lab Asia
Author(s):
Geography:
Southeast Asia
Type:
Primary Data
Purpose of Measurement:
Solution Sets and Impact Potential
Impact theme(s):
Gender, Material Flows
"The report outlines market failure in meeting the financing needs of Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), detailing how investment approaches can be adapted to address this, and highlighting the flexible features of BIDUK’s customized loans as an example of how private capital can be deployed more effectively to scale the impact of SGBs in Southeast Asia. This report provides the impact investment ecosystem with insight on how private capital can be deployed more effectively to scale the impact of SGBs in Southeast Asia. This is supported with principles, tools and examples for designing investment around the needs
of SGBs."