Impact Bonds

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Performance-Based Contracting Can Provide Flexibility, Drive Efficiency, and Focus Resources on What Works in Social Services

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Friday, July 10, 2020

A view of an empty classroom at a school, as Lebanon's education system is in limbo with multiple challenges, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 8, 2020. Picture taken June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Can impact bonds help solve the global education crisis?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Jaime Saavedra, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 26, 2020

Corona Virus Homes Testing and Cellular Access to free educational platforms in townships, Masiphumelele, near Fish Hoek in the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, RSA on April 17, 2020. Photo by Jacques Marais/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa.

What happens in an outcome-based financing model when a major crisis hits?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Friday, May 29, 2020

Schoolgirls eat their free mid-day meal, distributed by a government-run primary school, in New Delhi July 5, 2013. In an incident on July 16, 2013, twenty-five Indian children from a school in Mashrakh village in the district of Chapra died and dozens needed hospital treatment after apparently being poisoned by a school meal, provided under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, sparking violent protests and angry allegations of blame. Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. ATTENTION EDITORS - Neither the children nor the school pictured in this photograph were involved in Tuesday's poisoning incident. Picture taken July 5, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: FOOD EDUCATION SOCIETY)

Education in the time of COVID-19: Reflections from the Charcha 2020 Forum

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on the delivery of education programs in India

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT

Teacher Reginald Sikhwari poses for a picture with his class of grade 11 students at Sekano-Ntoane school in Soweto, South Africa, September 17, 2015. Nearly three years after Taliban gunmen shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist last week urged world leaders gathered in New York to help millions more children go to school. World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October, a Unesco initiative highlighting the work of educators struggling to teach children amid intimidation in Pakistan, conflict in Syria or poverty in Vietnam. Even so, there have been some improvements: the number of children not attending primary school has plummeted to an estimated 57 million worldwide in 2015, the U.N. says, down from 100 million 15 years ago. Reuters photographers have documented learning around the world, from well-resourced schools to pupils crammed into corridors in the Philippines, on boats in Brazil or in crowded classrooms in Burundi. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko PICTURE 39 OF 47 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD"SEARCH "EDUCATORS SCHOOLS" FOR ALL IMAGES

Rethinking the critical role of data to improve teaching and learning

Reinier Terwindt, Emily Gustafsson-Wright, and Jenny Perlman Robinson

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Girls attend a class at "Shishu Bhavan", a home for orphans run by the Global Missionaries of Charity order of nuns, in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata September 4, 2007. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw (INDIA) - GM1DWBSTPEAA

The global impact bond market in 2019: A year in review

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, and Onyeka Nwabunnia

Monday, January 6, 2020

School children attend class at Waterstone College, a private school managed by Curro in the south of Johannesburg July 22, 2015. South African private education group Advtech rejected a takeover offer from its bigger rival Curro Holdings, saying on Tuesday the proposal contained "unacceptable pre-conditions". Advtech's shares fell more than 7 percent shortly after the announcement that it had rejected Curro's bid, but pared losses to close down 2.93 percent at 11.60 rand. The shares are up about 30 percent so far this year. Curro's stock shed 0.83 percent to close on 11.70 rand. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF10000166738

From Colombia to Cameroon: The gradual growth of impact bonds in developing countries

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, and Onyeka Nwabunnia

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Girls in India

Paying for education outcomes at scale in India

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Webinar: Paying for education outcomes at scale in India

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EST

Children attend their first class immediately after they got registered at the school in Hazema North Raqqa, Syria August 21, 2017. Picture taken August 21, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RC14C09853B0

4 types of data necessary for outcome-based financing

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Izzy Boggild-Jones

Friday, September 20, 2019

A girl plays hopscotch as people line up to vote in the first round of 2017 French presidential election at a polling station in Marseille, France, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Laurenson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DF78E8BB0

Social and development impact bonds by the numbers

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Izzy Boggild-Jones, and Onyeka Nwabunnia

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Khanyo Mchunu, 13, posing for a photograph in front of her house in Embo, South Africa, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Rogan Ward SEARCH "CHRISTMAS WISHES" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC13B192B6E0

First social impact bond in South Africa shows promise for addressing youth unemployment

Izzy Boggild-Jones and Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Friday, July 12, 2019

For [development impact bonds] to be sustainable, it will be critical to move beyond donor funding and for governments to engage.

Emily Gustafsson-Wright Devex Wednesday, July 3, 2019

A woman selects coffee beans at a farm in the San Martin region, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Janine Costa - S1AETNSGOKAA

It takes more than 2 to tango: Impact bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Friday, February 15, 2019