We have compiled the latest updates on impact bonds around the world from our Impact Bond Dataset. We had three projects added to the database in the past month.
The first is the Bedayat Social Impact Bond which is a support program for families who are going through divorce with young children (aged 0-8 years).
We also have two new projects from Denmark: Comprehensive employment intervention for mentally vulnerable citizens (Slagelse Municipality) and Comprehensive social and employment intervention for families in vulnerable residential areas (Viborg Municipality). The first is an intervention, based on the IPS (Individual Placement and Support) method, which internationally has shown good results in terms of helping mentally vulnerable people achieve employment or start an education. The second is a comprehensive social intervention in 3 residential areas in Viborg Municipality. The aim of the intervention is to strengthen employment, education, life prospects, cohesion and engagements for the residents of Viborg Municipality.
* Projects fall under the 'service delivery complete' category when they finished delivering services, but they haven't received the last outcome payment yet. Data definitions for the Impact Bond Dataset can be found here.
* Projects fall under the 'service delivery complete' category when they finished delivering services, but they haven't received the last outcome payment yet.
Please read our new Dictionary of Data Definitions and have a look at the open-source code on our GitHub site.
The number of service users is a combination of two values. Completed projects have data on the actual number of service users and ongoing projects have data on target number of service users. If we have data on actual numbers, we will use them. If the project only has data for targets, we will use target numbers. This calculation is based on the variables "Service and beneficiaries - Targeted number of unique service users or beneficiaries" and "Service and beneficiaries - Actual number of unique service users or beneficiaries". In future we propose to report on these figures separately.
The final figure of capital raised is based on the variables "Total Investment Commitment - Exact Amount in USD" (for the global landscape) and "Total Investment Commitment - Exact Amount in relevant currency" (for the UK landscape). This figure is calculated using only data that are publicly available.
Source: GO Lab INDIGO Impact Bond Dataset, 7 December, 2023.
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