The Scottish Parliament's think-tank

Social Impact Bonds

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In an era of financial austerity, governments need to consider innovative new ways of funding the solutions to a variety of social problems.

At a Futures Forum seminar attended by over 100 individuals from the public, private and voluntary sectors, representatives from both the Tomorrow Project and Social Finance set out the background to social impact bonds.

Read the report here: http://www.scotlandfutureforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/2010-11-22_SocialImpactBonds_report.pdf