On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a deep dive session that explored some ways to unlocking investment for outcomes-focused social programmes.
This working paper seeks to bring lessons from other forms of results-based finance and early thinking from SOC practitioners into a conceptual framework for use by researchers and evaluators, practitioners and governments..
This report offers an overview of the existing empirical literature on environmental OBC, and a summary of key findings from across the evidence, including the challenges and successes of project implementation and some indications of the environmental ou
The INDIGO Impact Bond Dataset is the most comprehensive publicly available dataset on impact bond projects. This report provides headline insights and analysis based on the dataset, offering an accessible overview of the global landscape.
Explore our in-depth collection of case studies on impact bonds and other outcomes-based approaches around the world.
This case study reflects on the experience of the ‘In Their Hands’ (ITH) project, the world’s first Development Impact Bond (DIB) with a focus on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
This report presents a list of upcoming outcomes projects and funds that are being designed in low and middle income countries.
This report is the first in-depth review of the North-West London Telemedicine Project as part of the Commissioning Better Outcomes Evaluation.
This report is the first iteration of an evaluation by EY of the Foyer Central Programme, funded through the Foyer Central Social Impact Bond
We coordinate a range of geographical and thematically focused peer learning groups which enable people to learn from each other.
This report is the third Update Report of the independent Commissioning Better Outcomes Fund Evaluation, undertaken by Ecorys in partnership with ATQ Consultants.
This report has been written by Big Society Capital to share data and insights on the Social Outcomes Contracts (SOC) market in the UK over the last ten years.
This report provides an assessment of the total public value so far created by Social Outcomes Contracts in the UK
Want to know more about the state of play of impact bonds? Explore our global interactive map to find out data on impact bonds in their various stages of development and policy areas.
Read the Government Outcomes Lab and CIPFA’s report on the advances in pharmaceutical and carbon pricing, which seeks to explore transferrable insights for financing social outcomes amidst heightened uncertainty and budgetary pressures.
This is the Interim Report for the evaluation of the Resolve Social Benefit Bond which provides an innovative mental health service which blends psycho-social and clinical services to support people living with severe and persistent mental health issues
Partnerships in Place: the business of levelling up, contains key findings and recommendations providing practical guidance to business, national and local government and existing place-based partnerships.
This report is the first output informed by a systematic review into outcomes-based contracting being undertaken by Ecorys and the Government Outcomes Lab, on the current evidence of impact bonds launched to support education service delivery in L&MICs.
We publish articles on a range of topics related to improving social outcomes. Give them a read and if you'd like to write about something relevant to our work, get in touch!
This report is the second in-depth review of Reconnections, the first SIB in England aimed at reducing loneliness and social isolation.
For this Engaging with Evidence webinar session, we explored the conditions and competencies that enable successful delivery of outcomes-based partnerships.
Read the latest frameworks produced by Social Finance UK and the Government Outcomes Lab on the key conditions and competencies that enable successful delivery of outcomes-based partnerships.
Read the Government Outcomes Lab's latest guide on outcomes funds, which aims to document and describe outcomes funds around the world and identify lessons for future fund design.