Outcomes contracts

The Education Outcomes Fund has launched the first of three programmes targeting early childhood education Africa, in partnership with the government of Rwanda and the LEGO Foundation as outcomes funders.

The Better Futures Fund will work with impact investors to finance projects that improve children’s lives and opportunities across the country.

Serah Melaba, chief impact officer for Tiko, discusses tackling the triple threat of teen pregnancy, HIV and sexual and gender-based violence facing girls in sub-Saharan Africa, and how impact-linked financing is driving positive outcomes.

EIB has contributed $18m to the fund, a partnership between UBS Optimus Foundation and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, which supports outcomes-based programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

Trading impact credits based on social outcomes is proving a success in some places and should be scaled up to offset constraints on social funding, a new report concludes.

The consortium, which includes global companies and philanthropic organisations, sees collaborative efforts as a way to close the financing gap for education globally.

Utfallsfonden has reached final close with commitments of SEK50m from Norwegian family-owned investment company Ferd and the European Investment Fund.

Elizabeth Corley is chairing a group of investors and experts charged with devising new mechanisms for social impact funding in the UK.

As governments across the world shift their focus to preventative health, a new Milken Institute report explores ways to finance the reinvention of preventative healthcare in the UK, including attracting more capital from local government pension schemes.

A report by GSG Impact and Bridges Outcomes Partnerships identifies the challenges preventing outcomes partnerships from becoming mainstream and provides a set of action-oriented recommendations to scale the approach and deliver better outcomes in public service delivery.