Business Fights Poverty Global Equity Summit 2025: How Can Outcome-Based Finance Drive Business Value While Advancing Women’s Equality and Climate Action?

Jeannette Gurung and Nisha Singh, WOCAN Board Member and Gender Advisor of CGAP at World Bank, were panelists during this IFC hosted session on 6 March 2025.

Panellists and workshop participants highlighted the inherent capability of outcome-based finance to incorporate robust impact data directly into financial products, ensuring progressive maturity in social impact ventures and mindful management of unintended consequences. Crucially, investor funding is embedded directly into outcome measurement, aligning social impact with financial returns through robust feedback
loops. Below are five actionable insights highlighted by workshop participants for effectively scaling outcome-based finance.

INSIGHT 1: SIMPLIFY FUNDING FOR IMPACT MEASUREMENT AND INCORPORATE A GENDER LENS

INSIGHT 2: ENHANCE EXISTING PLATFORMS WITH OUTCOME-BASED PRODUCTS

INSIGHT 3: DIVERSIFY THE OUTCOME FUNDING POOL

INSIGHT 4: STRATEGICALLY COMMUNICATE OUTCOMEBASED FINANCE AND SHOWCASE SUCCESS STORIES

INSIGHT 5: LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AND AI TO IMPROVE SOCIAL IMPACT MEASUREMENT

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SPEAKERS:

Franziska Deininger, Climate Lead – Gender & Economic Inclusion Department, International Finance Corporation

Named Contributors:

• Magda Banasiak, Director Development & Partnerships (Global), Head of Government Partnerships, Acumen
• Eve Kerubo, Head of the Children’s Impact Multiplier Fund, Save the Children Global Ventures (SCGV)
• Chloe Eddleston, Regional Lead for East Africa, Social Finance International
• Alexandra Blain, RSE: Structuration de contrats à impact, BNP Paribas
• Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Senior Fellow – Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education Brookings Institute
• Nisha Singh, Gender Advisor, CGAP, World Bank
• Michael Mullan, Programme Lead, Climate Adaptation Finance & Investment, OECD
• Leonor Gutiérrez, Director, Women in Agriculture Initiative, Root Capital
• Manuela Fritzsch, Head of Relationship Management, Impact & ESG, Tilt
• Jeannette Gurung, Founder and Executive Director of the Women Organising for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), WBCSD