Reiji Ikeda (Offender Rehabilitation Support Manager, Ministry of Justice Japan, and former Visiting Fellow of Practice at the Government Outcomes Lab), reflects upon the lessons and challenges for criminal justice social impact bonds.
Last updated 14 Mar 2023, 11:19 a.m.
In this blog, Srinithya Nagarajan shares the key insights from a recent INDIGO peer learning session on the topic of data ownership and access.
Last updated 7 Mar 2023, 5 p.m.
In this blog, Michael Gibson, Research and Policy Associate at the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) highlights some of our key questions around trust and relationships in pursuit of better social outcomes, and how we might explore these at SOC23.
Last updated 7 Mar 2023, 10:37 a.m.
Our Executive Director Nigel Ball reflects on recent events in the UK which have brought transparency in public procurement to the fore.
Last updated 8 Jun 2021, 9:55 a.m.
For our last Engaging with Evidence session, we brought together academic and practitioner perspectives to take stock of the global landscape of outcomes funds. Read Research and Policy Associate Tanyah Hameed's reflections on the session.
Last updated 12 May 2021, 9:51 a.m.
Sam Magne from The National Lottery Community Fund reflects on the latest evaluation of the Commissioning Better Outcomes programme and on an ambitious plan to make specialist family services available, pan-London wide, to children on the edge of care.
Last updated 21 Apr 2021, 2:34 p.m.
Policy and Engagement Manager Andreea Anastasiu considers some of the challenges facing effective evidence-based policymaking, and shares three ingredients for better use of evidence in policy and practice tried and tested through the GO Lab's work.
Last updated 8 Apr 2021, noon
Ian Taylor and Nigel Ball examine a recent setback in the commitment of businesses to generating broader social value, and consider its wider implications for the role of government in encouraging responsible business practices.
Last updated 1 Apr 2021, 1 p.m.
Anne Davies and Ruairi Macdonald reflect on the Oxford Procurement of Government Outcomes Club’s response to the UK Government’s Green Paper, Transforming Public Procurement.
Last updated 10 Mar 2021, 9:49 a.m.
Tanyah Hameed from the GO Lab reflects on key insights from the second session of our Engaging with Evidence series, on the FCDO's development impact bonds in Asia and Africa.
Last updated 10 Mar 2021, 9:40 a.m.
Sam Magne, Knowledge & Learning Manager at The National Lottery Community Fund, reflects on their latest in-depth review of the West London Zone Collective Bond supported by their Commissioning Better Outcomes programme.
Last updated 9 Mar 2021, 4:04 p.m.
Our Executive Director Nigel Ball kicks off this year's monthly blog with a reflection on how the public sector view risks when working with outside suppliers.
Last updated 9 Mar 2021, 12:31 p.m.
In recent years, impact bonds have reached the shores of Latin America. We recently held a session on lessons learnt on developing impact bonds in the region. Tanyah Hameed from the GO Lab reflects on how 5 Latin American countries have approached this.
Last updated 12 Feb 2021, 11:09 a.m.