Brought to you by Knowledge@Wharton and Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), From Back Street to Wall Street focuses on how economic growth is achieved through financial inclusion and the democratization of services.

Impact investing is rapidly moving from the margins to the mainstream in both the finance and international development sectors. With over $114 billion of assets under management, it has become apparent that the financing gap for social and environmental solutions can be met at a much faster rate through market investments than through philanthropy. Investors across sectors are realizing that financial returns are not necessarily sacrificed in making these investments. In this podcast series, join Durreen Shahnaz, Founder and CEO of IIX and Mukul Pandya, Executive Director and Editor-in-chief of the Knowledge@Wharton Network as they speak with international experts about how to bringing finance to bear on the world’s most pressing issues.

Knowledge@Wharton

(K@W) is the online business journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a global audience of over 4 million and a Radio Show (on Sirius XM) with over 650,000 listeners.

Impact Investment Exchange

(IIX) is a global leader in the impact investing movement with a network of over 35,000 ecosystem players worldwide. In a special collaboration, K@W and IIX have together created a feature series titled “From Back Street to Wall Street.”

In this series, Wharton alumnus and founder of IIX, Prof. Durreen Shahnaz, joins Mukul Pandya, the Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief of K@W to take listeners on a journey across the globe to explore how impact investing is connecting the back streets to the Wall Streets of the world.