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World Bank Hosts Impact Bonds Conference
Over 75 bilateral cooperation agencies, multilateral development institutions, and private foundations participated in third annual Impact Bonds Working Group (IBWG) held in Washington, DC at the World Bank (February 26-27) and co-organized by GPRBA.
10 Common Claims About Impact Bonds
This chart summarizes 10 of the common claims by impact bond proponents, as well as the evidence thus far.
A 2017 Brookings study reviewed each of these claims and found some of them more substantial while others had mixed results.
An Example of a Development Impact Bond (DIB): Educate Girls, India, 2015
Despite substantial commitments to education, India still has the largest illiterate population in the world. Nationally, an estimated 3.7 million girls are out of school and in Rajasthan, 40 percent of girls drop out before reaching fifth grade.
What If We Paid for Outcomes?
Imagine if you could bring private sector resources and skills to social projects. Impact Bonds (IBs) are an innovative Results-Based Financing (RBF) mechanism that tie financial returns and payments to specific results incentivizing investors and service providers.
Are They Really Being Served? Assessing Effective Infrastructure Access and Quality in 15 Kenyan Cities
"This paper proposes a framework that examines three levels of access to infrastructure -- nominal, effective, and quality-adjusted access. Most conventional indicators measure nominal access --whether a household has physical access to a service in or near the house.
Evolution of GPOBA to GPRBA
This infographic provides an overview of some of the key milestones in the history of GPOBA/GPRBA.