World's First Social Impact Bond Shows Positive Results

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Published 1 August 2017 after the Peterborough Social Impact Bond cut reoffending among short-sentenced offenders by 9 per cent, beating its 7.5 per cent target. Seventeen investors took part and earned a return of just over 3 per cent a year. Seven years on from the 2010 launch, and six years into US market-building, the piece reports 17 American projects mobilising over $200 million across Massachusetts, South Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, California and Connecticut.

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• 200 million_usd

  capital mobilised(us social impact bonds)

  Economics

  region

  United States

  year

  2017

  method

  capital across 17 US projects, six years into US market development

• 17 investors

  investor count(peterborough sib)

  Economics

  region

  United Kingdom

  year

  2017

  method

  investors participating in the Peterborough social impact bond

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