Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor David Bank. Up this week: Doing more with less – the blended finance fallout from shrinking development aid and a shuttered USAID. A call for responsible investors to invest in… defence companies (09:30). And, remembering B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy, an Agent of Impact who launched a movement to align capital with purpose (14:40).

Story links:

• “Blended finance at a crossroads: The fallout from shrinking aid and a shuttered USAID,” by Convergence’s Joan Larrea
• “Development finance institutions lag on transparency and disclosure around capital mobilization,” by Jessica Pothering
• “Calling responsible investors in Europe to invest in… defense,” by Venture ESG’s Susan Winterberg and Johannes Lenhard
• “⁠Declaration of Interdependence: Reconciling profit and purpose⁠,” by B Lab’s Andrew Kassoy