Local government commissioners have called for social impact bonds to be rebranded but this might not be what they need, write academics Dr Alec Fraser and Dr Clare Fitzgerald.
Impact bonds can be an effective way to fund public services but there are some issues that need to be ironed out, says the Government Outcomes Lab’s Tanyah Hameed.
Devolution could free local authorities to develop early intervention and prevention services that make greater use of social investment, a senior third sector figure has told Public Finance.
Outcome-based commissioning could help make some public services more efficient as well as help develop new models of provision, experts at a CIPFA roundtable event have said.
Social investment has been hyped as the solution to myriad problems. And there’s much to recommend it—but the new government should steer clear of the over-excited rhetoric
Early intervention to tackle social problems is more vital than ever in a climate of local authority cutbacks. Payment-by-results Social Investment Bonds are potentially an important way to kick-...
