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Social Impact Bonds: a beginner’s guide

At face value my offer is fantastic news. The more sceptical amongst you might ask how certain is that future payment. For example, if it is only 50% likely then the deal is only break even (ignoring...

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Are Social Impact Bonds the answer to the fiscal crisis?

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) have been causing a “frenzy” of interest in Whitehall over the past few months. Hardly surprising given the current fiscal challenge and their apparent ability to attract...

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Payment by results in public services

The Government will soon publish a white paper that will set out its direction on delivery of public services. The Institute published a short introduction to some of the difficult problems faced in...

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What government IT can learn from cycling in London

Cycling in London requires agility. By that, I don’t mean being limber (although that does help). You need to be prepared to react quickly to changing circumstances and to revise your planned route as...

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Don’t quota me

On Friday 11 February the Prime Minister launched a new approach to government procurement. As part of his Big Society vision, public services would be thrown open to competition and there would be a...

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A more agile democracy

This latest form of democratic engagement was enabled by the Government’s new e-petitions website which went live 2 weeks ago. This democratic innovation allows any member of the public to create a new...

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Government outsourcing – too good to be true?

The data presented in yesterday’s CBI report on public sector outsourcing is fascinating. On behalf of the CBI, Oxford Economics examined data from a number of government organisations and identified...

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Big bang – will Grayling’s payment by results ‘rocket boosters’ reduce...

The idea of outsourcing reoffending services and increasingly paying providers ‘by results’ is not new. The voluntary sector has provided rehabilitation services for over a century. Private providers...

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Guest blog: Commissioning 2.0

Commissioning is at a crossroads. Hit by a succession of outsourcing scandals, the use of big contracts and growth in new payment mechanisms have come under increased scrutiny from politicians and the...

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