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This guide offers an introduction to outcomes-based contracting, including its place among other methods of contracting out public services, the theoretical pros and cons, and the evidence to date.

New to impact bonds? This user-friendly guide will explore what impact bonds are, the evidence to date and how they work in practice in different countries around the world.

This guide introduces outcomes funds. It explores what they are, their purpose and looks at their key features.

Social impact investing

This guide introduces social impact investing, offers key definitions and concepts. It also explores its relevant to impact bonds and outcomes-based contracts.

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

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Explore our datasets, case studies and publications to learn more about the latest research on outcomes-based contracting

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Impact bond lifecycle

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We have a range of guidance to support you develop impact bonds, from setting and measuring outcomes, to awarding the contract and pricing outcomes.

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Social investment: a force for social change - 2016 strategy

Publication date 2016

Organisation HM Government

Narratives of promise, narratives of caution: a review of the literature on social impact bonds

Publication date 2016

Organisation Policy Innovation Research Unit (PIRU)

Practical guide

Balancing evidence and risk

Publication date 2016

Organisation Social Finance

Practical guide

Top tips for developing and implementing social impact bonds: learning from the Essex Multi-Systemic Therapy social impact bond

Publication date 2016

Organisation Office for Public Management (OPM)

Practical guide

From evidence to outcomes: using evidence to inform pay for success project design

Publication date 2016

Organisation Urban Institute

Practical guide

Impact evaluation in practice, 2nd edition

Publication date 2016

Organisation World Bank Group

Practical guide

The art of the possible in public procurement

Publication date 2016

Organisation Bates Wells Braithwaite (BWB)

Practical guide

Balancing act: a guide to proportionate evaluation

Publication date 2016

Organisation New Philanthropy Capital (NPC)

Practical guide

An introduction to evaluation designs in pay for success projects

Publication date 2016

Organisation Urban Institute

Understanding the capacity and need to take on investment within the social sector

Publication date 2016

Organisation National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)

The size and composition of social investment in the UK

Publication date 2016

Organisation Big Society Capital

Practical guide

Social investment: tools for success

Publication date 2016

Organisation Cass Business School, City University London

Evaluation report

Summary of the West London Zone pilot implementation study

Publication date 2016

Organisation West London Zone

Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Essex Multi-Systemic Therapy social impact bond: findings from the first three years

Publication date 2016

Organisation Office for Public Management (OPM)

Evaluation report

Qualitative evaluation of the DWP Innovation Fund: Final report

Publication date 2016

Organisation Department for Work and Pensions

Evaluation report

Qualitative evaluation of the London homelessness social impact bond: second interim report

Publication date 2015

Organisation Department for Communities and Local Government

The potential and limitations of impact bonds

Publication date 2015

Organisation Brookings Institution

impact bonds, SIBs, evaluation, international,

Practical guide

Designing effective outcome metrics and measurement systems

Publication date 2015

Organisation Social Finance

Practical guide

Impact evaluation: a guide for commissioners and managers

Publication date 2015

Organisation Department for International Development

Practical guide

Unit cost database

Publication date 2015

Organisation New Economy

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