Miguel, António José Sequeira Vila LobosCampos, Johan Morales2024-09-272023-01-232023-01-23http://hdl.handle.net/10362/172520Although the Portuguese impact investment market is among the most developed in Europe, the presence of market failures proves to limit the further growth potential of this market. This paper seeks to identify the most relevant market failures in the Portuguese impact investment market with the main objective of coming up with actionable recommendations on how the market´s efficiency could be improved by key market players. As a result, this could have a positive impact on the ways the most pressing social and environmental problems are addressed while increasing the mobilization of capital and generating more economic and social value.engImpact investmentsMarket failuresMarket efficiencyMarket infrastructureInformation asymmetriesMobilization of capitalFinancial instrumentsImpact measurement and managementAssessing market failures in the Portuguese impact investment marketmaster thesis203517458