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This article from the Stanford Social Innovation Review explores the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. Social Impact Bond field and highlights how the field can solidify Social Impact Bonds as a practical financial tool.
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This paper presents an overview of New York State’s Pay for Success (PFS) project to increase employment and recidivism in partnership with the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) and Social Finance.
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How and Why Philanthropy Is Catalyzing the Development of a New Market: Social Finance assessed the role that philanthropy has played and will continue to play in developing the Pay for Success market in the US.
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In September 2010, our sister organization, Social Finance, Ltd., launched the world’s first Social Impact Bond in the United Kingdom. Targeted at reducing prison recidivism, the Peterborough pilot generated world-wide interest in the potential of…
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This research paper highlights two in-depth surveys that analyzed the responses of families with disabled children and presents a detailed picture of the financial challenges and barriers they face.
