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IFC Impact Investing Challenge
June 01, 2024
The Impact Investing Challenge is IFC’s flagship competition for graduate students looking to showcase their analytical skills, as well as their innovation acumen, in the rapidly growing field of impact investing. This competition provides an opportunity for students to compete and collaborate with each other, while learning more about IFC and the development finance space.
Description
Each year over 150 students from around the world share their creative impact investing ideas. Through multiple rounds of challenges, all proposals are assessed on a set of four judging criteria, including innovativeness, development impact potential, implementation feasibility, and proposal presentation, and in the end one team is selected as the winner.
The Competition is open to all students currently enrolled in a graduate (Master’s/PhD) program at a college/university. Each team is expected to form a team of 4 members from the same academic institution.
Eligibility
Open to all MBA students anywhere in the world
The 2024 Edition: Gender-Climate Nexus
The IFC Impact Investing Challenge 2024 invites students globally to delve into the critical intersection of climate action and gender equity. This year’s challenge will focus on the challenge of climate change and its disproportionate impact on women and marginalized communities. Through this lens, we invite you to propose an innovative proposal in designing a debt or equity fund that not only addresses these disparities but also harnesses the potential of green economies to empower women in developing countries.
Challenge Timeline
Launch and Registration: March 8, 2024
Webinars: March 20/21, 2024
Proposal Submission Deadline: March 31, 2024
Masterclass and Announcement of shortlisted Teams: April 8 to 15, 2024
Detailed Proposal Submission Deadline: April 22, 2024
Announcement of Finalists: May 1, 2024
Grand Finale: Late May / Early June, 2024
The Competition is open to all students currently enrolled in a graduate (Master’s/PhD) program at a college/university. Each team is expected to form a team of 4 members from the same academic institution.
Eligibility
Open to all MBA students anywhere in the world
The 2024 Edition: Gender-Climate Nexus
The IFC Impact Investing Challenge 2024 invites students globally to delve into the critical intersection of climate action and gender equity. This year’s challenge will focus on the challenge of climate change and its disproportionate impact on women and marginalized communities. Through this lens, we invite you to propose an innovative proposal in designing a debt or equity fund that not only addresses these disparities but also harnesses the potential of green economies to empower women in developing countries.
Challenge Timeline
Launch and Registration: March 8, 2024
Webinars: March 20/21, 2024
Proposal Submission Deadline: March 31, 2024
Masterclass and Announcement of shortlisted Teams: April 8 to 15, 2024
Detailed Proposal Submission Deadline: April 22, 2024
Announcement of Finalists: May 1, 2024
Grand Finale: Late May / Early June, 2024