On the second day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we concluded the conference with a Public Talk delivered by Professor Stefan Dercon (Oxford) on achieving more alignment between stakeholders in the world of policy.
This guide has been developed to explain concretely what relational working between organisations is and how to do it, to support people to experiment more boldly with such approaches – and importantly, to help manage some of the risks inherent in them.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a rountable on outcomes measurement and public value
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a round table on the current state of outcomes-based contracting around the world.
Explore our in-depth collection of case studies on impact bonds and other outcomes-based approaches around the world.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, Prof. Julie Battilana (Harvard) delivered a keynote presentation on Power and Social Change.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a deep dive session on achieving well-being through public procurement.
On the first day of the Social Outcomes Conference 2022, we held a deep dive that looked at ways in which central governments can support local institutions to help (re)build local governance capacity.
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.
We have a range of guidance to support you develop impact bonds, from setting and measuring outcomes, to awarding the contract and pricing outcomes.
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.
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.
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.
This report outlines the findings of an evaluation of the Aspire program and social impact bond (SIB) in Adelaide, South Australia (SA).
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
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This report is the second year interim evaluation report of Chances project.
This is the interim report from the evaluation of the Parent Child+ programme’s delivery in England. The programme runs for about 15 months and consists of 46 weeks of twice-weekly visits (92 visits).
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.