Improving Social Impact Bonds: Assessing Alternative Financial Models to Scale Pay-for-Success

Nicholas Bergfeld; David Klausner; Matus Samel

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2019)
Vol 7 Annual Review of Policy Design

Research Symposium

Improving Social Impact Bonds: Assessing Alternative Financial Models to Scale Pay-for-Success

Published 2019-12-03

Nicholas Bergfeld
David Klausner
Matus Samel

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Bergfeld, N., Klausner, D., & Samel, M. (2019). Improving Social Impact Bonds: Assessing Alternative Financial Models to Scale Pay-for-Success. Annual Review of Policy Design, 7(1), 1–20. Retrieved from https://ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/design/article/view/1774

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Abstract

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) represent a new and innovative tool for promoting social welfare. If implemented correctly, they could represent a new frontier for public-private partnerships and philanthropic-private contracts. The limitations on the private provisioning of social welfare programs are decreasing, and recent technology allows for more accurate cost-benefit analysis and the measurement of more meaningful performance indicators. Taken together, these factors increase the technical feasibility of SIBs.

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