The Promise of Social Impact Bonds

• Main Author: Loder, John
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Political Science; Social Policy; Social Welfare
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/74; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_research/article/1087/viewcontent/The_Promise_of_Social_Impact_Bonds___John_Loder.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A financial tool from Wall Street is being adapted in the social market to nurture early interventions and incentivise capital flow. As John Loder reports, social impact bonds promise two fundamental shifts—for governments to overcome the politics of fear and for private investors to fund social cau...