Long an investment afterthought, children are being put front and center by UNICEF and other development organizations seeking to build a new field that incorporates “unrecognized” kids into commercial financing decisions.
Much like investors have focused on climate or gender in their lending in recent years, this group of advocates has made the case for a similar industry focus on children, through what they’re calling child-lens investing.
“Children are largely unrecognized in investment decisions today,” Cristina Shapiro, the president of UNICEF USA’s Impact Fund for Children, told Devex. But “children are impacted by virtually almost any investment decision that is made.”
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Adva Saldinger@AdvaSal
Adva Saldinger is a Senior Reporter at Devex where she covers development finance, as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. Adva explores the role the private sector and private capital play in development and authors the weekly Devex Invested newsletter bringing the latest news on the role of business and finance in addressing global challenges. A journalist with more than 10 years of experience, she has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and lived in both Ghana and South Africa.
