This brief responds to the commitment G20 leaders made to reducing the gender gap in labour force participation by 25%.
This longitudinal study evaluates the contractual shift of a British support service for adults with multiple, complex needs from bilateral fee-for-service arrangements to an outcomes contract in the form of a ‘social impact bond’.
For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored the main findings, lessons learned and recommendations from the evaluation of the scaling up of Results Based Financing for Community Health Programme, implemented in Uganda by Living Goods.
This learning agenda aims to evaluate whether and to what extent the RBF drove impact on maternal and child health outcomes and, by extension, whether RBF presents a pathway for improving the scalability and sustainability of results.
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Explore the Government Outcomes Lab and CIPFA's report on blockchain technology, offering practical guidance for leveraging collaboration in the public sector and improving social, economic, and environmental outcomes.
This evaluation of the Care Leavers Social Impact Bond (SIB) programme was commissioned by the HM Department of Education, and undertaken by Ecorys UK with ATQ Consultants and Dr Claire Baker
This article makes a significant contribution to our understanding of coordination programmes at a central–local government level.
This evaluation examines the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Into Work Service for workless clients with substance issues across eight West London boroughs.
We coordinate a range of geographical and thematically focused peer learning groups which enable people to learn from each other.
This report evaluates the performance of Future Impact which supports young people aged 15 to 24 with special educational needs in Nottinghamshire through education and training programmes to ultimately move into and sustain employment or voluntary work.
In January 2023, Nigel Ball and Loic Menzie convened a roundtable to explore how a better balance can be struck between efficiency and resilience. This report sets out a number of ideas emerged from the discussion.
For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored the latest findings from the first interim report of the Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP) evaluation for the Life Chances Fund (LCF).
The Wisbech Partnership was a voluntary place-based partnership of cross-sector organisations working to improve the social outcomes in the Cambridgeshire town. This case study examines the phenomena.
Explore our in-depth collection of case studies on impact bonds and other outcomes-based approaches around the world.
For this engaging with evidence webinar session, we explored preventative spending in children's social care..
This final in-depth review of the West London Zone Collective Impact Bond is produced as part of the CBO Fund Evaluation, commissioned by The National Lottery Community Fund, and undertaken by Ecorys UK and ATQ Consultants.
This is the first of three planned reports within a longitudinal evaluation of the Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP).
The Western European cities of Lille in France and Bilbao in Spain are marked examples of economic resilience. This case study looks at cluster development, skills formation, funding and governance among the attributable factors for success.
New to outcomes-based contracting and social impact bonds? Discover the basics about these innovative approaches to the provision of public services.
The Anglo-Saxon case studies of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Windsor, Ontario, and Newcastle, New South Wales show how cities can use innovative instruments, such as tax increment financing, asset recycling and municipal bonusing, to galvanise collaboration
INDIGO Impact Bond Insights Report - Feb 2023, co-authored by Outes Velarde, J. Bregazzi, H., Nagarajan, S., Paul, O., Anastasiu, A. & Carter, E., has been published.
The German cities of Duisburg, Dortmund and Leipzig are examined in detail by German researchers Dr Suzanne Frick, based at the University of Oxford, and Dr Paula Prenzel based at the University of Greifswald.
This article delves into the exploration of risk management in public contracts through a relational approach.