Humanitarian and Resilience Investing

Immediate action is needed to help vulnerable communities overcome the pandemic and prevent the reversal of decades of progress. So says BCG’s Wendy Woods—along with her coauthors, WEF Humanitarian and Resilience Impact Investing initiative cochairs—in an article for Forbes. This emerging initiative leverages private capital to benefit at-risk communities by investing in local resilience efforts and markets. The initiative will work during the next 12 months to accelerate the development of this market in three core areas: building resilience across public health systems, strengthening donors to catalyze private investments, and helping investors understand the deal and portfolio structures that are viable in fragile contexts.