Leveraging Social Impact Bonds and Innovative Finance for Youth Employment

A large and growing market for impact investment and other innovative mechanisms provides new sources of financing that can help address some of the systemic challenges faced by the world’s youth. In this session, we will hear from experts in structuring alternative financing mechanisms, such as social impact bonds and blended finance vehicles, along with a private enterprise. Each of these mechanisms were tested in the youth space and aim to sustainably address the youth unemployment crisis.

Hosted by CRS, other partners 

Presenters: 

• Irina Alberro, Partner - Henderson y Alberro
• Ben Kouakou, IP2E Director of Operations – Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P)
• Tahiry Henintsoa Ramboa - Jiro Ve
• Arthur Faralahy, Youth Entrepreneur and Jiro Ve franchisee
• Beth Collins, Managing Director, Impact Investing - CRS