Tagged Social impact bond

Queensland’s first social impact bond tackles Indigenous disadvantage

Queensland's first social impact bond aims to help children in out-of-home care. Read More

Victoria’s first social impact bond providers announced

Victoria has let NSW take the lead on social impact bonds, but now it's trying out its own programs for at-risk youth and the long-term homeless. Read More

Funding floods SA social bond as ScoMo eyes a simpler kind of impact investing

Investors have jumped at the chance to buy into South Australia's first social impact bond, which aims to address homelessness. Meanwhile, the federal Treasurer is weighing up a different and much simpler Swiss model of social impact investment. Read More

‘Failed model’: union warns Treasurer off social impact bonds

Social impact bonds are just a new form of privatisation, argues CPSU Victorian branch secretary Karen Batt. A "race to the bottom with low wages and casualisation" or a more targeted way to achieve results? Read More

Contracting for outcomes: simple KPIs not enough for complex problems

New research casts doubt on whether outcomes-based contracting solves a fundamental problem: unintended consequences. Listening to stakeholders, although no breakthrough, remains key. Read More

Bonds won’t work for every social service

Perverse incentives and measurement challenges are very real, cautions NSW Treasury associate secretary Caralee McLiesh. Social impact bonds are also complicated to arrange and may offer no greater benefit than simply refocusing on outcomes. Read More

Profits in public services: Louise Sylvan on social impact bonds

Next week's Power to Persuade Symposium at the Australian National University will examine the role of for-profit companies in government service delivery. Former Australian National Preventive Health Agency CEO Louise Sylvan is looking at social impact bonds. Read More

Newpin success paves way for social impact bond expansion

The lure of paying for outcomes, rather than inputs, is leading governments around Australia to watch the progress of the NSW social impact bond pilot programs. The results so far suggest a successful outcome and room for growth. Read More

Budget woes could use private capital, public good

A new generation of investors are seeking social outcomes not just profits, opening the way to a different type of Public-Private Partnership. Social benefit bonds could help governments get more from their budgets. NSW has begun this market, should the Commonwealth be next? Read More

Emma Tomkinson: how to show your workings on social investment

Social impact investing is delivering real public good. But one architect argues we're doing the projects a disservice by publishing and pursuing misinformation. Read More