This article is within the scope of WikiProject Economics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Economics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EconomicsWikipedia:WikiProject EconomicsTemplate:WikiProject EconomicsEconomics articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Finance & Investment, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to
Finance and
Investment on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Finance & InvestmentWikipedia:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentTemplate:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentFinance & Investment articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject International development, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
international development, including such areas as
appropriate technology,
microfinance and
social issues, on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.International developmentWikipedia:WikiProject International developmentTemplate:WikiProject International developmentInternational development articles
This article has been rated as Low-importance on the
importance scale.
History
So the article defines social impact bonds are going back only to 1988. But I was reading
"How We All Failed In Performance Contracting", Page 1972, and as far as I can tell, 'social impact bonds' don't differ in any way from 'performance contracting' (which go back at least to the 1960s and were well-known at the time): they're repayments to private parties from governments contingent on performance on a benchmark evaluation. The performance contracting described by Page 1972 satisfies most of the definitions in the Definitions section. So are they actually new? --
Gwern (contribs) 04:18 27 November 2018 (GMT)
Merger proposal
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs), Oxford Government Outcomes Blog: "Impact bonds have been launched in many countries around the world, and typically exist in two forms: social impact bonds (SIBs) and development impact bonds (DIBs). SIBs were established in the UK and are referred to in the US as ‘pay-for-success’ schemes, while in Australia they are often called ‘social benefit bonds’."
Impact bonds: "In the UK they have been referred to as ‘social impact bonds’ (SIBs), or increasingly, 'social outcomes contracts' (SOCs) In Europe they are often referred to as ‘social impact partnerships’ In the US they are known as ‘pay for success’ (PFS) schemes In Australia they are often referred to as ‘social benefit bonds’"
UK Gov: "In the UK, SIBs are also widely referred to as Social Outcomes Contracts. Outside the UK, several different terms are used. For example, they are called Social Impact Partnerships or Social Impact Contracts in Europe, Pay For Success schemes in the US, and Social Benefit Bonds in Australia."
OECD: "In financial terms, SIBs are not real bonds but rather future contracts on social outcomes. They are also known as Payment-for-Success bonds (USA) or Pay-for-Benefits bonds (Australia) (OECD, 2015; Brookings, 2015). [...] SIBs are considered a subset of payments-by-results, pay-for-performance or results-based financing mechanisms"
Oppose: there are too many articles listed here to be effectively merged, and articles should not be merged simply because they cover "related" topics. Please consider a smaller number of articles whose overlap in content is more significant and put forward your proposal again. -
BobKilcoyne (
talk)
16:20, 22 August 2023 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Economics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Economics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.EconomicsWikipedia:WikiProject EconomicsTemplate:WikiProject EconomicsEconomics articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Finance & Investment, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to
Finance and
Investment on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Finance & InvestmentWikipedia:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentTemplate:WikiProject Finance & InvestmentFinance & Investment articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject International development, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
international development, including such areas as
appropriate technology,
microfinance and
social issues, on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.International developmentWikipedia:WikiProject International developmentTemplate:WikiProject International developmentInternational development articles
This article has been rated as Low-importance on the
importance scale.
History
So the article defines social impact bonds are going back only to 1988. But I was reading
"How We All Failed In Performance Contracting", Page 1972, and as far as I can tell, 'social impact bonds' don't differ in any way from 'performance contracting' (which go back at least to the 1960s and were well-known at the time): they're repayments to private parties from governments contingent on performance on a benchmark evaluation. The performance contracting described by Page 1972 satisfies most of the definitions in the Definitions section. So are they actually new? --
Gwern (contribs) 04:18 27 November 2018 (GMT)
Merger proposal
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.A summary of the conclusions reached follows.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs), Oxford Government Outcomes Blog: "Impact bonds have been launched in many countries around the world, and typically exist in two forms: social impact bonds (SIBs) and development impact bonds (DIBs). SIBs were established in the UK and are referred to in the US as ‘pay-for-success’ schemes, while in Australia they are often called ‘social benefit bonds’."
Impact bonds: "In the UK they have been referred to as ‘social impact bonds’ (SIBs), or increasingly, 'social outcomes contracts' (SOCs) In Europe they are often referred to as ‘social impact partnerships’ In the US they are known as ‘pay for success’ (PFS) schemes In Australia they are often referred to as ‘social benefit bonds’"
UK Gov: "In the UK, SIBs are also widely referred to as Social Outcomes Contracts. Outside the UK, several different terms are used. For example, they are called Social Impact Partnerships or Social Impact Contracts in Europe, Pay For Success schemes in the US, and Social Benefit Bonds in Australia."
OECD: "In financial terms, SIBs are not real bonds but rather future contracts on social outcomes. They are also known as Payment-for-Success bonds (USA) or Pay-for-Benefits bonds (Australia) (OECD, 2015; Brookings, 2015). [...] SIBs are considered a subset of payments-by-results, pay-for-performance or results-based financing mechanisms"
Oppose: there are too many articles listed here to be effectively merged, and articles should not be merged simply because they cover "related" topics. Please consider a smaller number of articles whose overlap in content is more significant and put forward your proposal again. -
BobKilcoyne (
talk)
16:20, 22 August 2023 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.