Government’s role in Pay for Success

Kristina Costa and Sonal Shah

Community Development Innovation Review, 2013, issue 01, 091-096

Abstract: Pay for Success (PFS) financing mechanisms, including social impact bonds (SIBs), provide opportunities for multiple stakeholders with different expertise?government, private investors, foundations, and service providers?to work towards common goals. For government agencies at all levels, PFS mechanisms create opportunities for the public sector to reward ?what works? or expand access to evidence-based preventive social interventions without requiring taxpayers to shoulder all of the financial risk upfront. But in order for these new mechanisms to work, government must retain a central and important position. Ultimately, it is the government?s responsibility to ensure that these mechanisms are fair and efficient. PFS financing, done well, has the potential to help society better identify and address some of the most endemic, intractable problems in our society in partnership with the private sector and civil society; yet each PFS deal, no matter how exciting, is just one step in a series.

Date: 2013
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